Piglets in Europe start the year 22.2% more expensive

Piglets continued to rise in the first week of the year, due to the superiority of demand over the short supply, accumulating an increase of 22.22% in the annual comparison. According to sources from the Binéfar Market, a fair offer that cannot meet the requirements despite the high prices achieved. The quotations of the primed ones scored repetitions. Likewise, Iberian pork prices also remained unchanged in the different national markets. The main European countries also started the year without changes in white pork prices. In Europe, the position of the holidays favors the maintenance of good fluidity in the removal of pigs, especially since all European countries have decreasing pig herds. Germany repeats at 2.10 euros/kg. According to AMI sources, at the beginning of the new year, the supply of pigs for slaughter is, as expected, somewhat larger. At the same time, however, volumes remain lower than previous years and most fatteners expect a rapid reduction. The strike ...