The poultry industry alone supports about 26,300 jobs in Minnesota. Minnesota is the nation's fifth largest milk-producing state with about 53,696 jobs. Minnesota is the fastest growing beef cattle area in the United States. The state ranks third, after Iowa and Illinois, in the United States in the value of hogs marketed. No other animal provides society with a wider range of products than the pig.
Pigs primarily produce pork - the world's most widely eaten meat.
They also produce hundreds of useful by-products.