Why are the purchase prices of fattening pigs unprofitable, since the stock in the EU is declining?

The situation in the pig sector is very difficult, the stock is constantly decreasing, the stock of sows in our country is falling even more dramatically. In the June census of the Central Statistical Office, it amounted to just over 600,000. pcs. This trend of unprofitability does not apply only to Poland, but also to many European Union countries, which record continuous losses in this production. This is how Dr. Marian Kamyczek, director of the Institute of Animal Production - PIB ZD in Pawłowice, assessed the current situation during the conference National Challenges in Agriculture. The German price is usually an indicator of what is happening in Poland. Although this price increased significantly and reached 2.1 euro/kg wbc at the beginning of September, then some people thought that it would be maintained. On the other hand, the German stock exchange recorded a decrease to EUR 2/kg wbc, and at the moment the last two quotations are EUR 1.9/kg wbc - said Dr. Kamyczek. The ...