1.   A vertically integrated processor raises hogs from pen to slaughter, and turns the meat into consumer products.

2.   Farmers likely expanded their herds as falling feed costs increased profitability of raising hogs, analysts said.

3.   Hinduism as practiced in Bali has reduced the caste system to a mere skeleton, and farmers are permitted to raise hogs for food.

4.   His father borrowed on the farm to raise hogs, but a faulty vaccine killed every one.

5.   Hutterite farms raise hogs, chickens, cattle and vegetables, and families have enough money to buy land.

6.   Increased profitability in raising hogs sparked speculation that producers would expand their herds.

7.   Lower feed costs made it more profitable for farmers to raise hogs to market weight, leading them to increase their herds.

8.   Lower grain costs allowed farmers to profit from raising hogs, encouraging them to expand their herds after liquidating them last year amid soaring costs.

9.   Moore and his family quit raising hogs in recent years after the industry became dominated by a half-dozen packers.

10.   No longer is the market dominated by small Midwestern farmers, who raise hogs and sell them to meatpackers.