The hog industry has also consolidated.

Camoté is now mainly produced as feed for the hog industry.

The argument for the checkoff no longer makes sense for reasons that have to do with the seismic shift in the hog industry.

Today the hog industry in North Carolina is led by Smithfield Foods, which has expanded into both nationwide and international production.

Tail docking is also commonplace in the hog industry.

The $1 billion-a-year hog industry in North Carolina has made the state the second-largest hog producer in the nation behind Iowa.

Around that same time, we got big in the hog industry.

The recent history of the hog industry reflects what is occurring in American agriculture, said Mr. Erickson.

Within three years, the 35 hogs had multiplied to more than 500 thereby restarting the hog industry devastated by the typhoons.

Many people in the hog industry are wondering whether smaller farms are doomed.