Rural Issue

Consumers of Iowa soybeans are ‘real pigs’, ISA analysis finds

hog-barn-university-of-missouri-extensionWhen it comes to providing a market for Iowa-grown soybeans, the primary customers are indeed “real pigs.”

An analysis of how Iowa’s soybean production is utilized, commissioned by the Iowa Soybean Association, finds that nearly one of every four rows is fed to the more than 38 million pigs raised annually in Iowa. This equates to roughly 116 million bushels of the state’s soybean crop.

Put another way, every pig raised in Iowa consumes three bushels of soybeans.

The utilization study, conducted by Mark Imerman of Regional Strategic, Ltd., is based on a five-year rolling average of 462 million bushels of soybeans produced annually in Iowa.

Brownfield discussed the study’s findings with ISA’s director of communication Aaron Putze.

Link to study

AUDIO: Aaron Putze

 

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