Thailand: Pig production to be reduced amid concerns over low prices

The Internal Trade Department plans to cooperate with the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand to reduce pig production to an average of 8,000 piglets per day, helping to stabilise the price for livestock producers nationwide. Internal Trade director-general Wattanasak Sur-iam said the department, in collaboration with the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and the Livestock Development Department, plans to campaign for greater consumption of pork to help raise the price as the production of live pigs currently exceeds demand, from an average daily production of 50,000 to 58,000 pigs. The Internal Trade Department is seeking cooperation from wholesale and retail stores and department stores to refrain from holding promotional campaigns for pork products to help curtail the losses suffered by farmers as a result of low buying prices at farms, adding that the price of fresh whole slaughtered pork is already low at 130 baht per ...