EU's pork production is steady as prices see some stability

Pork production in the EU has seen marginal gains in the first three months of the year compared to 2023. Total production from January to March 2024 sat at 5.42m tonnes, a minimal increase of 0.3% (18,200 tonnes) from the same time in 2023. The majority of the gains in production came from Poland which saw growth of 31,000 tonnes to 485,000 tonnes and Germany at 10,400 tonnes to 1.07m tonnes. This was offset by large declines in key producing countries, such as Spain and Denmark who saw falls of 7,000 and 21,500 tonnes to 1.32m and 344,000 tonnes respectively. Falls in production have been reflected in slaughter numbers, with the EU total of 56.2m head sitting 1% lower compared to the year-to-date 2023. Much like production, gains in slaughter numbers made by countries such as Poland (214,000 head) and Hungary (67,000 head) were offset by declines in Denmark and Spain. Danish slaughter fell most severely, down by 471,000 head (11%) from the Jan-Mar period in 2023, as Spanish ...