Baden-Württemberg in Germany: Number of pig slaughterings continues to decline

02/08/2024 | 11:56:00 | ID: 38796 | Department: Agriculture | animal Stuttgart (agrar-PR) - According to the preliminary results of the slaughter statistics, beef production in Baden-Württemberg in 2023 was around 135,109 tons (t). As the State Statistical Office reports, this was 6.2% (7,899 tons) more than in the previous year, thus stopping the decline that has been ongoing since 2017. Of the total 391,260 cattle slaughtered, the majority of slaughtered animals were bulls (39.5%), cows (31.4%) and heifers (24.9%). The main contributor to the increase in beef production was the increase in bull (+9.1%) and heifer slaughter (+7.1%) compared to the previous year. The number of cows slaughtered (-1.3%), however, fell slightly. With a slaughter quantity of only 316,758t, pork production was 7.5% (25,603t) below the previous year's level. Compared to the average of the previous ten years, the number of pigs slaughtered in 2023 was a fifth lower. In addition to the total number of pig ...