Sow inventory in Colombia is up by 1.3% in 2022

In 2022, a total of 9,658,204 pigs were recorded in Colombia, of which 59% corresponded to animals originating from technified production, 17% from commercial industrial farms, 14% from commercial family farms, and 10% from backyard farms. The departments with the highest concentration of pigs were Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, and Meta, which together accounted for almost 50% of the country's pigs. Technified production, which was the most representative with 5,710,266 animals, consisted of 224,040 breeding sows, 36,549 replacement females, 3,689 breeding boars, and 5,445,979 nursery and finishing pigs. A total of 192,673 pig farms were registered, with 0.4% being of technified production, 2.1% commercial industrial production, 18.6% commercial family production, and 78.9% backyard production. Although backyard farms (152,069) make up the largest number of farms, the number of pigs recorded was very low (1,011,131 animals) compared to the inventory of pigs housed in technified ...