(AMI) Rising temperatures affect increasingly on growth of pigs and slaughter pigs across Europe offer development. While this development in Europe is less pronounced, the influence in southern Europe is apparently slightly more. The Bay hog prices tend at least stable to slightly firm. At the same time, the markets for slaughter pigs and meat trade differ slightly. Despite relatively buoyant demand for slaughter pigs, higher prices in the meat trade are difficult to implement.
In Belgium, the high summer temperatures reduce the growth of slaughter pigs to the slaughter weights increasingly easier. In the meat trade, prices remain stagnant, higher rates are difficult to implement. The current pork prices in Germany have been 3 CT / kg over the previous year's level, the same distance in Belgium is at slightly more than 6 CT / kg. A fleet demand is reported to slaughter pigs on the part of the abattoirs in France. Despite accusations in the French meat industry because of the difficulty to realize higher meat prices pork prices upwards. In Italy is spoken by a major heat wave, squeeze the supply of slaughter pigs. In addition, demand are felt from the beginning tourism season. Producer prices for pigs tighten it moderately. The influence of heat on the growth of slaughter pigs in Spain is increasing. Due to a shortage of supply several abattoirs in Catalonia had already partly cut their activities 1 to 2 hours per day. In addition, spoken by the high international demand for bellies in the export. The outflow in the export is satisfactory.
