In 2022, 8.5% of pigs farmed in the US, or 6.17 million, were classified as “breeders” [1]According to The Humane Society, roughly 70% of breeding pigs are kept in gestation crates [2]. This would mean that there were approximately 4.319 million pigs kept in gestation crates in 2022.
In 2022, 8.5% of pigs farmed in the US, or 6.17 million, were classified as “breeders” [1]According to The Humane Society, roughly 70% of breeding pigs are kept in gestation crates [2]. This would mean that there were approximately 4.319 million pigs kept in gestation crates in 2022.
https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/rj430453j/2v23x176m/jm215w193/hgpg0622.pdf
https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/seaboard-prestage-gestation.pdf