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European Union – Decrease in swine census

Surveys conducted in the months of May and June 2010 indicate a decrease in the EU – 27 swine population of 1% with respect to 2000, with a census that has gone from 151 million heads in 2009 to 150 million in 2010.
18 February 2011
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Surveys conducted in the months of May and June 2010 indicate a decrease in the EU – 27 swine population of 1% with respect to 2000, with a census that has gone from 151 million heads in 2009 to 150 million in 2010.

All animal categories have experienced this decrease except for piglets under 20 kg. Sows decreased by .05%, dropping to 14 million, fattening pigs by 2.7%, dropping to 57 million, and growing pigs (20-50kg) by 1.9%, dropping to 36 million, while piglets have increased by 2.3%, reaching 43 million.

Germany, with a drop of 1.6% in their herd, maintains their place as the principal European producer while in Spain, the second principal producer, the herd, mostly fattening pigs, decreased by 4.6% during the first months of 2010 and the census of breeders increased by 3.4%. The census in Poland increased by 4.6%, making them the third principal European producer.

http://www.agreste.agriculture.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf_porcin1102note.pdf

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