In step with initial information from the Federal Statistical Workplace (Destatis), as of November 3, 2023, Germany’s swine herd stood at 21.2 million head, an build up of one.3% or 266,000 head in comparison to Might 3, 2023. That is the primary build up in stock since November 2020. Then again, in comparison to November 2022, the herd used to be down rather via 0.7% or 150,600 head, and in comparison to November 2021 it used to be down 10.7% or 2.5 million head.
By means of class, as of November 3, 2023, there have been 9.6 million completing pigs in Germany, down 1.1% or 103,800 head in comparison to six months previous. By contrast, the collection of piglets and younger pigs higher via 3.7% or 365,100 head to ten.2 million.
In comparison to Might 2023, the collection of breeding sows remained virtually consistent at 1.4 million head. Then again, variations can also be seen between the federal states. Whilst the collection of breeding sows higher in some states, akin to North Rhine-Westphalia (+20,000 head) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (+6,400 head), it diminished in others, akin to Decrease Saxony (-11,300 head) and Bavaria (-8,000 head).
As of November 3, 2023, the collection of swine farms used to be 16,200 and thus remained just about unchanged in comparison to Might 2023, even supposing down 4.5% (-800 farms) and 14.2% (-2,700 farms) in comparison to November 2022 and 2021, respectively. In a ten-year comparative, the downward development within the collection of pigs and farms is even clearer: the collection of pigs has fallen via 24.6% or 6.9 million head since 2013, whilst the collection of farms has dropped via up to 42.1% (-11,800 farms). Thus, the fashion against better pig farms continues, with the typical in 2013 being 1,000 head in step with farm and ten years later 1,300 head in step with farm.
December 20, 2023/ Destatis/ Germany.
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