EU: A slight decrease in animal production is expected in 2024

Published 2024년 3월 6일

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The EU's gross indigenous production (GIP) of cattle is projected to decrease by 1% to 12.1 million head in the latter half of 2024. Similarly, sheep and goat production are predicted to fall by 7% and 9% respectively. Pig production is also expected to see a 1% decline in the last quarter of 2024. Despite these decreases, France is set to remain the largest beef producer, Spain the largest producer of pigs and sheep, and Greece the top producer of goats.

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In the second half of 2024, the gross indigenous production (GIP) of cattle farmed in the EU is expected to reach 12.1 million head. This would indicate a decline of 1% compared to the same period in 2023 when 12.2 million heads of animals were produced. Production of sheep is forecast to decrease by 7% to 15.6 million head in the second half of 2024, while production of goats is expected to decrease by 9%, to 2.4 million head. In the final quarter of 2024, pig production is expected to decrease by 1% compared to the same quarter of 2023, to 57.7 million head. Source datasets: apro_mt_pcatlhs and apro_mt_ppighq France is expected to remain the largest beef producer in the second half of 2024. It is expected to produce 2.7 million head, ahead of Germany (2.0 million), Spain (1.3 million) and Ireland (1 .0 million). Malta (2,000), Cyprus (10,000), Luxembourg (32,000) and Croatia (41,000) are expected to have the smallest production. Source dataset: apro_mt_pcatlhs Spain is expected ...

Source: Agricolae