1997 BUSINESS ANALYSIS SUMMARY FOR SWINE FARMS

Farm types were assigned using the 1992 Census of Agriculture's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) definitions. Basically, any farm with 50 percent or more of value of farm sales from one item becomes a farm of that type. Swine farms have 50 percent or more of value of combined sales from fat hogs, feeder pigs and cull breeding hogs. This report is a summary of the financial and production records kept by swine farmers enrolled in the Telfarm/MicroTel record program through Michigan State University Extension, or were accounting clients of AgriSolutions