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Hungary: Livestock slaughter fell in the first quarter

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Published Jun 2, 2022

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Fewer chickens, pigs and cattle were slaughtered in Hungary in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year - read the summary of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI). Livestock slaughter fell on an annualized basis in the first quarter A total of 23,000 cattle were slaughtered in the first three months of the year, a 1.2 per cent drop, and 1.115 million pigs, 8.2 per cent less than a year earlier.

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Fewer chickens, pigs and cattle were slaughtered in Hungary in the first quarter of this year than in the same period last year - read the summary of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI). Livestock slaughter declined on an annual basis in the first quarter A total of 23,000 cattle were slaughtered in the first three months of the year, a 1.2 percent drop, and 1,115 million pigs, down 8.2 percent from a year earlier. 46.3 million pieces of poultry were slaughtered in the first quarter of 2022, 18.5 percent less than in the base period. In three months, the slaughtered carcass weight was 6,000 tons of cattle, 107,000 tons of pigs and almost 109,000 tons of poultry. The proportion of chickens in the group of poultry is 86 percent. Goose slaughter fell by more than the average, by 41 per cent, and duck slaughter by 62 per cent, although their proportions were only 3.4 and 8.1 per cent, respectively. According to the data, turkey is the only one that was slaughtered more ...
Source: Trademagazin
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