France: Pig inventory and pork production decrease in 2022

Published 2023년 3월 6일

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A report by FranceAgriMer for the year 2022 and the outlook for 2023 highlights significant challenges in the French agricultural sector, with a focus on the dairy, meat, and poultry markets. The report brings to attention the decline in medium and large farms, a trend attributed to an aging farmer population and increased production costs, especially due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The French swine industry faces a significant loss in breeding herds and total pig numbers, reflecting a long-standing decrease in swine farming. The report also notes a drop in carcass weights and a decrease in pork production, while highlighting France's position as the third-largest pork producer in Europe.

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According to the FranceAgriMer report "Dairy, meat and poultry markets, balance sheet 2022, outlook 2023", the 2020 agricultural census figures reveal a 28% decrease in the number of medium and large farms over ten years, which is related to farmers retiring without anyone taking their place. The impact of the conflict in Ukraine, which has increased already high production costs (feed, energy, etc.), has also had a negative impact on less productive farms. The French swine industry has lost 24,000 sows, i.e. 2.5% of its breeding herd, which is now close to 900,000 head. This is a continuing, long-term trend (-200,000 sows since 2012, i.e. -18%). The total number of pigs, with respect to 2021, has seen a similar decrease (-326,000 head, i.e. -2.5%). Since 2012, the slaughter in France has decreased by 5.3%, i.e. a loss of 1.3 million pigs between 2012 (24.1 million head) and 2022 (22.8 million head). Carcass weights, which in 2021 were still slightly up (94.6 kg), fell back in ...

Source: Pig 333