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Guillem Burset analyzes the swine market in 2022 and shares his forecasts for the coming year.
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Guillem Burset analyzes the swine market in 2022 and shares his forecasts for the coming year.
Pigmeat consumption and production will start declining over the next ten years due to health, environmental, and social concerns.
In 2021, pig producers' economic performance was hindered due to higher production costs (+14.9% on average) while prices received fell throughout Europe, except in Italy. Results were negative in 12 of the countries compared to only 5 of them in 2020.
International prices of wheat, maize, and sorghum declined in November while barley and rice prices moved up, according to the FAO price index.
International pig meat prices rose on a surge in demand ahead of the upcoming holiday period and the impact of currency movements.
The FAO Meat Price Index decreased for the fourth consecutive month.
Lower real wages are expected to negatively impact protein consumption in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the first half of 2023.
Again with China? Didn't they already recover their inventory after ASF? Burset clarifies the situation and analyzes how it will affect us.
The FAO Cereal Price Index in September was up 1.5% from August and up 11.2% from the year-ago level.
The FAO Meat Price Index was down slightly in September but world pig meat prices increased.
Sustained high feed costs and ASF continue to limit the growth of EU pigmeat production.
The Soybean Export Increase Program ended with a slightly negative balance for prices, while corn prices closed higher in the Greater Rosario area.
The retail price of lean pork has entered an alert zone of excessive rising, according to the National Development and Reform Commission.
More pork from government reserves will be released to maintain supply and price stability.
This will be the second batch of pork released from the country's central reserves this year.
Pork will be released from government reserves to ensure supply for upcoming festivals.