Growing up is hard work especially when you have busy siblings. In this week鈥檚 Throwback Thursday, two piglets take a nap while two others play in the pen. This photo is from the Leeland Sudlow Collection taken around 1970 at the Swine Housing Unit, in Brookings. As of 2023, South Dakota ranked 9th in swine production, with about 2.3 million pigs in the state. According to , there are $3.96 billion in sales with $1.07 billion in value added to South Dakota鈥檚 economy. That is a lot of bacon!
SDAHM Sudlow Collection 22-10