Philippines: Hog production up in first quarter
Philippines livestock and agriculture production in the first quarter of 2023.
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Philippines livestock and agriculture production in the first quarter of 2023.
Pig slaughter increased 2.4%, while pork production increased by 3.9% in 2022.
Slaughterhouses will suffer a very complicated summer; in addition to the normal lack of pigs, there will be the absence of hundreds of thousands of piglets, victims of PRRS. Sooner rather than later, we will only be able to slaughter just four days a week.
A look at trends in China's grain market in 2023 and the next ten years.
In its latest "Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade" report on April 11, the USDA revised its estimates for 2023, forecasting reductions in world pork production and international trade.
Producers in both countries are struggling to be profitable as pork consumption is trending low.
Higher grain prices prompted Belgian farmers to grow more spring grains and maize in 2022. The pig inventory declined.
In the first three months of 2023, China's pork production totaled 15.9 million tons.
EU oilseed production could reach a new record in 2023/24 while cereal production is also expected to increase, according to short-term outlook report.
The Philippines expects increased pork production in 2023 and decreased imports.
Low breeding sow numbers and African swine fever will push EU pigmeat production further down in 2023. Further decline in exports to China will contribute to a reduction of EU exports.
Although there was a 2% decrease compared to December, the inventory is up slightly compared to March 1, 2022.
Trends in Danish pig farming according to the June 1 agricultural and horticultural census.
Russia increased meat production by 12.2% in the first 2 months of this year.
The self-sufficiency rate of pig production in the EU will tend to decrease, approaching 110% instead of 125% as it has been until recently. Burset reviews the situation in the leading countries.
Alberta hog inventory numbers, prices, slaughter volume, and exports.