Agricultural census figures display that France had 8,500 farms with greater than 20 sows or 100 pigs in 2020, when compared with 11,500 in 2010 and 16,800 in 2000 (a 50.6% lower over two decades). On the other hand, this aid has been accompanied through an build up in farm measurement, in order that over the similar duration, the lower in pig numbers seems extra restricted (-19.0%, in step with SSP information).
The years 2022 and 2023 showed this downturn, with the French business shedding 24,000 sows in 2022 (-2.5%) and an additional 28,000 sows in 2023 (-3.2%), because the French breeding herd fell underneath 900,000 head.
March 2024/ Markets for dairy, meat, and poultry merchandise. Bilan 2023/ France AgriMer/ France.
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