Top mink pelt producers in the U.S., 1993–2024

Mink pelt production rose through the 1990s and 2000s and topped out in the early 2010s, then dropped fast as the market turned. Prices tanked as demand cooled and inventory piled up, fur kept slipping out of mainstream fashion, and COVID-era outbreaks on mink farms brought a new wave of disruption and scrutiny.