American meat lovers are so hog wild for bacon that they’ve brought the stockpile down to its lowest level in half a century.

Pork belly, the fatty cut of the pig that is typically turned into bacon, was down to 17.8 million pounds in December—the lowest reserve since 1957, according to the US Department of Agriculture.

The swine strips are so popular that pig farmers are scrambling to keep up with demand, according to the Ohio Pork Council.

“Today’s pig farmers are setting historic Kaçak İddaa records by producing more pigs than ever,” Rich Deaton, president of the nonprofit council, told USA Today. “Yet our reserves are depleting.”

Its popularity has also caused pork belly prices to shoot up by 20 percent in January, the pig council said.

But belly buffs shouldn’t fear a baconless future.

“Bacon may become more expensive for consumers, rest assured, [the] pork industry will not run out of supply,” Deaton said.

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