Dutch pig slaughterhouses have processed 4.95 million fattening pigs up to April, a decrease of 45,000 from the same period in 2023. Despite this, the slaughter weight has increased, with pigs now weighing an average of 101.89 kilos, up from 100.14 kilos in 2023. This has resulted in a slight increase in pork production, almost 1 percent, despite the lower number of pigs slaughtered. However, the meat percentage in the first four months of 2024 was 0.2 percent lower than in the same period in 2023, at an average of 58.6 percent.