Sow population is growing in Denmark

For the first time since the beginning of 2020, in the quarterly survey in Denmark, the pig population no longer increased significantly compared to the previous year. As the Danish umbrella association of the agricultural and food industry (L&F) reported, a total of 13.17 million pigs were kept in the northern neighboring country on July 1, 2021; that was only 8,000 animals or 0.1% more than 12 months earlier. According to market analysts, this does not necessarily mean that the trend towards increasing the number of herds is over. The extent of this was higher this summer than it has been in 14 years. The trend in the number of sows gives signs of further expansion in Danish pig production. Compared to July 2020, this has increased by 25,000 animals or 2.0% to almost 1.28 million animals. The number of gilts increased by an above-average 4.4% to 423,000 heads. This indicates that the course has been set for higher piglet production in the future. Low producer prices and high ...