Global meat production is projected to be higher in 2025
Pigmeat production will also grow after 2016, driven by China, where herd size is expected to stabilise after years of substantial reductions (a drop of 25 million pigs between 2012 and 2015).
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FAO Food Price Index posts biggest monthly jump in four years
International food commodity prices shot up 4.2 percent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years.
EU pigmeat prices on the rise
EU pigmeat prices went above the 2015 price level by half May and reached 150 EUR/100kg in mid - June.
Record rise
The exports to Asia have drained the stocks and have made all the European prices grow.
The Spanish market has turned on the turbo
All points towards the rise in prices keeping a good pace in the first forthnight of June.
EU: market release of the stored pork
From the total of 89,000 tonnes of pork that turned to private storage, last May 1st, 60,000 tonnes were released into the market.
Beijing to release frozen pork to ease market pressure
Beijing will release 3.05 million kilograms from its frozen pork reserves onto the market to ease pork supply pressure and contain a price surge.
Welcome spring, or the light at the end of the tunnel
The worst has already passed. We will have to see where our price can get to.
Value of UK pigmeat fell in 2015
The value of pigmeat fell by £186 million to £1,078 million. This fall was entirely due to the lower price in 2015 compared to 2014 as volumes rose by 3.3 %.
Belgium: analysis of the impact of the Russian embargo on pork
The study allows to establish that the Russian embargo has had a catastrophic effect on the prices, especially on those of pork (-23%) and milk (-32%).
Summer seasonal is sitting on the launching pad but fuel may be a little low
The bearish indicators still hang heavy over the industry and some have actually increased.
The Spanish market still moves forward, but with difficulty
The first two or three weeks of April will be useful for absorbing the delayed pigs, and by the end of April the price will be able to rise, step by step, to more decent levels.
Important reduction in the census of sows in Poland
Noticeably, the decline in the number of breeding sows reached a significant 14.8%, the ensuing census amounting to 814,400 animals.
Distressing and disappointing market
There is a total crisis situation in all Europe.