EU: Pig stock in Spain continues to grow

The pig herd in the twelve EU countries with a spring count decreases by 719,000 pigs (0.55 percent). The German pig herd fell by 779,000 animals (3.1 percent) to 24.7 million pigs at the spring count. The gap with the 32.4 million pigs that Spain has according to the spring count is getting wider. In the Netherlands, the pig herd decreased by 3.3 percent to 11.47 million animals in total. Poland had 11.03 million pigs this spring, 400,000 (3.5 percent) less than spring 2020. The pig herd in Romania also decreased by 3.5 percent to 3.54 million pigs. In France, the number of pigs fell by 1.7 percent to 12.99 million and in Serbia by 1.4 percent to 1.35 million. In addition to Spain, the pig herd in Denmark is also growing, even if it is only 8,000 animals, an increase of 0.1 percent. Striking is the increase in Belgium of 0.5 percent, that is 33,000 pigs. In Italy, too, the pig herd increases by 0.5 percent to 8.95 million animals. The increase in percentage is greatest in Ireland ...