Swine news - Economy

The pig census as of December 2017 shows increases in almost all age groups.

The pig production data of January 2018 show an important growth with respect to last year.

Both parties’ interest to encourage the trade of agriculture and livestock products, pork being among them, stands out.

Commission proposes to increase de minimis aid to farmers to €25,000.

The total number of pigs in England has in creased by 2.8 % since December 2016.

Pigs represent the largest livestock category in the EU.

In 2017, both the number of slaughtered animals and their weight at slaughter dropped.

The imports of fresh and refrigerated pork grew by 3.2%.

The final figures regarding the European pork exports show a decrease by 8.1% with respect to 2016.

The significant percent increase in the value of the exports of frozen pork stand out.

With just over 60% of respondents indicating that the common agricultural policy benefits all citizens, more than nine in ten (92%) think that agriculture and rural areas are important for the future.

The foreign sales of meat and meat products went from 242,000 tonnes in 2014 to more than 342,000 tonnes.

Although the sales of pork have dropped, the Spanish share increases, and Spain has become the second exporting country, only beaten by the USA.

In 2018, record pork exports are expected, mainly based on the consumption patterns in Asia.

The value of EU agri-food exports reached €137.9 billion in 2017, corresponding to a sustained increase by 5.1% in value terms compared to 2016.

Pork production and poultry production have grown by 2.9% and 5.4% respectively.

The volume of imported pork for 2017 registered an increase of 10,65% compared to 2016.

With slightly less than 57.9 million pigs slaughtered in 2017, pig slaughterings dropped by 2.6%.

The European Union has requested WTO consultations with the Russian Federation to discuss Russian measures affecting imports of live pigs and pork products from the EU.

2017 was a record-breaking year for U.S. red meat exports, with beef export value exceeding $7 billion for only the second time and pork exports easily surpassing the previous year’s volume record, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF.

A new project – OK-Net EcoFeed – aimed at helping organic pig and poultry farmers in achieving the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed was launched.

The pig sector ends a historic 2017 exceeding €5,000 million in exports.

Despite the late-year slide, the FAO Food Price Index averaged 174.6 points in 2017, up 8.2 percent from 2016 and reaching the highest annual average since 2014.

China’s pork imports have been slowing down lately, but are expected to pick up again over the rest of the year, according to RaboResearch’s latest global Pork Quarterly.