Affected by the fall in pork prices, the price of lamb cuts by more than 30%

Monitoring data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on 500 bazaars across the country showed that the national average price of live pigs had fallen for 22 consecutive weeks in the fourth week of June, with a cumulative decline of 62%

The reporter visited several supermarkets in Dezhou, Shandong, and found that the price of mutton fell by about 30%, and the average price was no more than 40 yuan per catty.

The drop in prices and volumes has also put a lot of pressure on local mutton farmers in Texas

Farmers reduce the amount of slaughter and wait for the price to rise

The price of mutton has dropped sharply, from a high of 50 yuan a catty to less than 40 yuan a catty.

In a mutton sheep production base in Dezhou, Shandong, with an annual output of 150,000 sheep, the person in charge Wang Jianbo is busy sorting out the newly shipped feed and calculating the breeding cost

The reporter learned through interviews that although the price of mutton is now very low, many farmers have to reduce the amount of slaughter