Schweine Cockpit, 06.09.2019

(AMI) - The highest livestock numbers were recorded at the most recent livestock census in the US and Canada during the summer. The result of 89.5 million pigs recorded in North America exceeded the previous year's level by 3%. While the pig population in Canada remained nearly stable, the herd of pigs in the USA has been steadily expanded. In the past five years from 2014 to 2019, the number...

Expert Opinion: 

Despite the very competitive prices in the US, European pork exporters such as Spain and Germany are currently in the lead in foreign trade. Thus, the prices for slaughter pigs in Germany rose very clearly this year. In China, too, there was an enormous price increase due to the shortage in the...