Page 11 of articles about statistics

The number of pigs decreased by 1.7% (or some 457,000 animals) in comparison with May 2018.

Between January and August 2018, pig production in Russia has increased by 10.5%.

The main trait of the Belgian agricultural sector is the structural decrease in the number of farms that leads to the concentration of land ownership.

Significant reductions in sow numbers were registered in Romania, Poland and Germany.

Agriculture grew by 1.47 percent in the first quarter of 2018. Contributing to the sector’s performance were the production gains in the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors.

Pig production has risen in the first trimester of 2018.

In 2017, livestock and fowl production amounted 14.6 million tonnes.

The MAPAMA has just published the last provisional data on pork production in 2017.

The pig production data of January 2018 show an important growth with respect to last year.

The pig census as of December 2017 shows increases in almost all age groups.

The total number of pigs in England has in creased by 2.8 % since December 2016.

Pigs represent the largest livestock category in the EU.

Between January and November 2017, Russian pig production increased by 6.5%.

The pig population increased by approximately 378,000, or 1.4%, from May 2017.

Total swine population was 0.16 percent higher compared with previous year’s inventory of 12.50 million heads.

It is expected that by the end of 2017, the total production reaches 4.57 million tonnes, that represent an increase by 5.1% with respect to 2016.