Meat production in Germany increased by 1.3% year-on-year in the first half of 2024

08/07/2024 | 11:49:00 | ID: 39827 | Department: Agriculture | Agricultural economy Wiesbaden (agrar-PR) - According to preliminary results, commercial slaughterhouses in Germany produced almost 3.4 million tons of meat in the first half of 2024. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was 1.3% more than in the same period last year. In total, 24 million pigs, cattle, sheep, goats and horses as well as 344.3 million chickens, turkeys and ducks were slaughtered in slaughterhouses in the first half of 2024.Slight increase in pork production in the first half of the year for the first time since 2016In the first six months of the year, companies in Germany slaughtered 21.9 million pigs. This corresponds to a slight increase of 0.4% (78,100 animals) compared to the previous year. 96.6% of these pigs (21.2 million) are of domestic origin. Here, too, there was an increase of 0.4% or 86,600 animals compared to the previous year. 734,000 pigs of foreign origin were ...