Hubei pig storage column reached 21.61 million head, can breed sows 2.2068 million head

On January 21, the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that the wholesale price of pork in Hubei in January was 48.35 yuan/kg, up from a year earlier.
" meat prices are rising, and the slaughter of pigs in our province is falling.
Changsheng, head of the provincial butcher's office, revealed that the number of pig slaughters in our province fell by about 40% last year.
december is the peak year for pig slaughter, with nearly 1.5 million pigs slaughtered in December 2019 and only about 1 million in December 2020.
New Year's Day, 320 pig slaughtering enterprises in our province, slaughtered and listed about 40,000 a day, a slight increase from December, "less than the same period last year."
since last year's National Day Mid-Autumn Festival, domestic pork consumption demand has increased, the amount of slaughter has increased significantly; After entering the winter solstol, the province's "cured" into the peak, pork demand further increased, slaughter volume increased significantly, demand increased, resulting in higher pork prices.
" meat prices into a strange circle, the higher the slaughterhouse the more afraid to kill.
" industry insiders said that the main reason for the decline in slaughter is that slaughterhouses worry that meat prices are too high, meat can not be sold, and now poultry eggs and other pork substitutes prices are low, aquatic products prices are not high.
, Hubei Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs revealed on the 21st, according to the National Bureau of Statistics feedback, in 2020 the province's pig storage column 21.6146 million head, an increase of 33.6% year-on-year.
, 2.2068 million sows were able to breed, an increase of 35.8% year-on-year.
pig and breeding sow storage column reached 83.83 percent and 86.6 percent at the end of 2017, respectively, exceeding the target target of the state-mandated pig storage column, and pig production recovered better than expected.
with strong prevention and control measures for major animal outbreaks such as swine fever in Africa, so as to keep the breeding sector free of major regional outbreaks for 16 consecutive months.
The relevant person in charge of animal husbandry and veterinary department of Hubei Province Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department said that farmers and large-scale farms to speed up the pace of pig out of the column, the market supply increased, pork reserves are more adequate, can fully guarantee the demand during the Spring Festival consumption season.