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According to final results from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), as of November 3, 2021, Germany's swine inventory was 23.8 million pigs, down 8.9% or 2,307,600 animals compared to November 3, 2020. Although the drop is somewhat smaller compared to the preliminary results reported in December (-9.4%), the reduction in the German swine inventory is still high compared to the previous year.
Finishing pigs accounted for 46.3% or 11.0 million animals. Compared to November 2020, the number of finishing pigs decreased by 950,600 animals (-8.0%).
The number of pig farms was 18,800 as of November 3, 2021 (-7.8% compared to November 2020; 1,600 farms less). In November 2019, there were 21,200 pig farms in Germany, which shows that there has been a drop of 11.1% or 2,400 farms in the last two years.
April 2022/ Destatis/ Germany.
https://www.destatis.de/
