Response rates on hog inventory surveys keep falling, writes Lee Schulz, noting that only 63 percent of pork producers surveyed for the March 2025 report responded. Asserting the importance of reporting data, he shares how the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service collects and shares industry metrics.
To get reliable, representative data, NASS needs to survey and receive responses from a large enough sample of producers across the entire producer population. Reduced response rates can potentially introduce bias to estimates.
Source: National Hog Farmer, April 14, 2025. Link.
Middle-sized operations with inventories ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 head typically have the highest non-response rates to Hog Inventory surveys.”
INSIGHTS: Animal health pros are in a good position to urge hog producers to participate in hog inventory surveys and why it is important.
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