6. What’s Down with Bacon?
Iowa Pork 101
Brief History of Hogs
Bacon of the Western Prairies
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9. How Many Hogs in Iowa in according
to December 2013 USDA Estimates?
20.5 Million Total…State human
population is 3 million
Today in U.S. — 65.9 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