Iowa Pork study: Hog industry was worth $15B last year, 120K jobs

A new study from the Iowa Pork Producers Association finds the hog industry contributed more than $15-billion to Iowa’s economy last year. Association spokesman Kevin Hall says the study, which is done every four years, identified nearly 5,200 pig farms statewide. “We provide about one-third of the nation’s pork, and that reinforces our position as […]

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