June 26, 2023

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, saw 5.73 million pigs last May

The pig inventory in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, reached 5.73 million head on 5,410 farms last May.

The number consisted of 2.84 million finishing pigs. However, it was a 1% drop compared to November 2022 (5.79 million head), according to preliminary data from the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia.

 The 5,410 farms in the state had at least 50 pigs or 10 breeding sows.

Finishing pigs between 50-80 kg saw an increase of 11.9% to 1.29 million head.

Overall, the number of finishing pigs increased by 2.9% to 2.84 million head and accounted for almost 50% of the pig herd in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The number of piglets and breeding stock decreased to 1.54 million head (-5%) and 321,400 head (-3.7%), respectively. The number of young pigs also decreased by 4.1% to 1.03 million head.

- IT NRW