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Data from the German Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) puts the number of pigs on November 3, 2019 at 25.9 million head, indicating a 2% decrease or 519,200 less pigs in comparison with the same period last year. Fattening pigs represented 44.9% of the total census (11.7 million animals). Compared with November of 2018, the number of fattening pigs has decreased by 218,500 heads (-1.8%). The number of piglets on November 3, 2019 stood at 7.7 million piglets.
The number of pig farms was 21,100, a new decrease by 5.5% (-1,200 since November 2018). In November 2017, the number of pig farms was 23,500, meaning that in just two years, 2,300 farms have been lost (-9.9%).
Monday, December 23, 2019/ Destatis/ Germany.
https://www.destatis.de
