Status of the pig breeding industry and technological development in 2025

Published Mar 3, 2026

Tridge summary

Core insight: In 2025, the core contradiction facing our country's pig industry is the imbalance between the sustained high-level operation of production capacity and the relatively weak demand. The number of pigs weaned and pork production continues to grow inertially, with the market situation showing characteristics of "no off-season, no peak season," and pig prices fluctuating downward, causing the industry to fall into a period of deep losses. Under the combined action of policy guidance and market regulation, pig production capacity is slowly being reduced. This article summarizes the domestic and international pig production and trade situation in 2025, analyzes changes in various technical fields of the pig industry, forecasts the development prospects of the pig industry in 2026, and proposes policy suggestions for the development of the pig industry.

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1 Analysis of Production Changes 1.1 Changes in Domestic Pig Production In 2025, China's pig production maintained an inertial growth trend, with a total of 71.973 million pigs slaughtered throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%; pork production was 59.38 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. At the end of 2025, the total number of pigs on hand nationwide was 42.967 million, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%; the number of breeding sows on hand was 3.961 million, a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%. Overall, the imbalance between high production capacity and relatively weak demand led to sustained low pig prices, causing the pig farming sector to fall into periodic deep losses. Although the number of breeding sows on hand is still within the normal holding quantity green zone of 101.6%, the improvement in sow production capacity has led to a significant increase in pork production. Therefore, the regulation of the number of breeding sows on hand and the assessment ...

Source: Foodmate