May 22 -Livestock Census: Continued decline in pig numbers

Pig census May 2022: the lowest number in 32 years The Federal Statistical Office has published the preliminary results of the livestock census of May 3rd, 2022 . Only 22.3 million pigs were counted in Germany. This is 6.2% less than the November 2021 count and even 9.8% less than May the previous year. The decline has increasingly accelerated...