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The number of pig facilities in Germany has declined by more than one third ( 35%) from 33,400 to roughly 21,600 between 2010 and 2019, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
The total number of livestock farms declined from just under 300,000 to roughly 275,000 between 2010 and 2016, the year of the most recent farm structure survey. This was a decrease of approximately 8%.
Number of small pig farms declines particularly sharply
The total pig population decreased by 2% between 2010 and 2019 to around 26 million animals. This trend, known as "farm death", mainly affects smaller farms. In 2010, there were still 4,200 farms with herds of less than 100 pigs. Almost nine years later, there were only 1,700 - a decline of of 60 %.
Large farms on the advance
The number of farms with between 500 and 999 pigs fell by 32% between 2010 and 2019, while those with herds of between 1,000 and 1,999 animals only fell by 8%.
On the other hand, the number of large holdings with 2,000 pigs or more increased from 2,000 holdings at the end of 2010 to 2,700 in mid-2019, an increase of 35%. The number of the largest holdings (5,000 pigs or more) increased by 67% from 300 to 500.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020/ Destatis/ Germany.
https://www.destatis.de/EN
