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French pig industry yet to regain lost ground
French pig producers are finally starting to see
finished pig prices catch up with production costs, according to the French
national agricultural statistics agency Agreste, but they have yet to regain the
lost ground from the past year when prices failed to cover
costs.
Producers now face the prospect of the usual year-end
tailing off in prices, which are expected to last until early next
year.
Finished pig numbers for August topped 2 million head, bringing the
calendar year-to-date total to 16.3 million. Having drastically cut sow numbers
at the end of last summer, this August's breeding stock cull total of 33,890
head was just over 10% down year-on-year.
Pig meat exports have witnessed
an improvement. July's monthly total of 59,000 tonnes was 16% higher
year-on-year. This included significant tonnages to Russia, Denmark and
Belgium.
Internal pigmeat consumption in France dropped to around 150,000
tonnes (total carcass equivalent) in July, which is significantly lower than at
any point during 2006 or 2007.
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