Swine stock in Germany decreased by 1% - Decline in slaughter pigs - Increase in young pigs and more pregnant sows As of the cut-off date of 3 May 2017, 27.1 million pigs were counted in Germany. According to provisional results of the biannual survey, the number of pigs decreased by -1% or around 276 000 animals in November 2016. This is the lowest stock since November 2010. The number of farms with pig husbandry decreased by 2.7% (-700) to 23,800 .The decline in farms holding pigs was even more pronounced with -4.1% (-400). In the current survey, only 8,400 sows were added detected. Almost the entire decline in breeding pigs holding farms fell to the old Länder with the smaller stock sizes compared to the new federal states The decline in fattening pig stocks is particularly strong . Here the stock decreased by 3.5% (-423 000 animals) to approximately 11.8 million animals.A good 67% of this decline (-283,000 animals) accounted for fattening pigs with 80 to under 110 kilograms of live weight , but this group of animals is End of June already slaughtered. In comparison, the decline in the weight class is 50 to 80 kilograms of live weight (-71 000 animals or -1.3%) to approx. 5.5 million animals quite moderate. These animals will come in the next weeks and months To the market.Particularly in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony - the two federal states with the largest pig stocks - less fattening pigs were kept. The important animal group of the animals weighing 50 to 80 kg is responsible for the future in Lower Saxony by 2% and in NRW by 1.45%. On the other hand , Number of young pigs of the weight class below 50 kg without piglets by +5.2% to around 5.5 million animals.An unusually strong increase was made in NRW with an um +14.4% rising Young pig stock. Even greater is the rate of increase In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with An increase of + 39.7% in this group.In the breeding pigs , a total of -0.8% less sows were found in Germany. As a result, 1.89 million mothers are still kept in German stables.
