Percentage of pork production on megafarms

FarmKind analysis of USDA data for 2022 shows that megafarms selling >5,000 pigs/yr account for >94.5% of the national pig sales. The map below is of pork production, not sales to customers (states with 0% megafarms predominantly consume pork produced in other states).

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Source: FarmKind analysisEmbed Created with Datawrapper