6. What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Brief History of Hogs
Bacon South of 80
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9. How Many Hogs in Iowa in according to
December 2014 USDA Estimates?
20.9 Million
Total…State human
population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 66.05 million, give or take a few hundred
thousand.
13. Swine Terminology
Gilt—A female that has yet to farrow
Barrow—A castrated male
Sow—A female that has farrowed
Boar—A mature male
Pork Belly—Uncured bacon