As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 27.5 million pigs were kept in Germany as at 3 November 2015. According to provisional results of the livestock survey, this was the lowest level since November 2011.
The number of pigs decreased by roughly 564,100 animals (–2.0%) compared to the survey of May 2015 and by as many as 803,600 animals (–2.8%) compared to the survey of November 2014.
Friday December 22, 2015/ Destatis/ Germany.
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