Germany: Another clear decline in the pig population in Bavaria

02/22/2023 | 16:37:00 | ID: 35558 | Department: Agriculture | animal Fýrth (agrar-PR) - According to the final results of the survey on pig stocks carried out by the Bavarian State Office for Statistics as of November 3, 2022, a total of 2,413,100 pigs are kept in Bavaria. This means that the pig stock has fallen by 12.0 compared to the previous year Percent. At the same time, with around 3,500 pig-keeping farms, almost 400 fewer were counted. In November 2022, each farm had an average of 698 pigs, 18 fewer than in the previous year. Fürth. As reported by the Bavarian State Office for Statistics, according to the final results of the pig population survey as of November 3, 2022, the number of pigs fell by 12.0 percent (-328,500 animals) to 2,413,100 animals compared to the previous year. At around 3,500, the number of farms keeping pigs is 90.3 percent of the previous year’s level: as of November 3, 2021, almost 400 more farms were still active in Bavaria last year by 13.2 percent ...