According to the preliminary data by the Central Statistical Office of Poland, in December 2017, the pig census amounted 11,897,600 heads, this entailing a rise by 7.1% with respect to December 2016.
The increase in the census affected most of the age groups, including fattening pigs (+11.4%), pigs between 20 and 50 kg (+10.7%), and pigs >50 kg (+5.7%), whilst the number of piglets dropped by 3.1%.
The sow census rose by 50,000 heads in comparison with December 2016 (+5.8%) and by 24,500 heads with respect to June 2017 (+2.8%).
Thursday, February 15th, 2018/GUS/ Poland.
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