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Published January 04, 2011, 07:23 AM

Hog numbers down in North Dakota

FARGO (AP) — The Agriculture Department says the number of hogs is in North Dakota is at the lowest level since 1899.

FARGO (AP) — The Agriculture Department says the number of hogs is in North Dakota is at the lowest level since 1899.

The North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service said the state had 143,000 hogs as of Dec. 1, down 12,000 from the previous year.

The agency said the decrease is due to a decline in breeding and market inventory hogs.

North Dakota had 120,000 hogs in 1899. The record number of hogs was set in 1943 at 1.1 million.

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