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Last year the number of pig farms stood at 3,626 farms, 1,442 less than in 2010, and 235 less than in 2013

The April census showed little change in overall pig numbers in Denmark although there was a small increase in the number of breeding pigs.

In 2014, the imports of fresh and frozen hams (including the ones imported with whole / half carcasses) increased by 8.5%.

Hog output expanded by 3.77 percent.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2015 was 65.9 million head. This was up 7 percent from March 1.

Hog producers reported 13.2 million hogs, up 1.7% from January 1, 2014.

With the final 2014 figures, the ASICI has published the RIBER record's annual data and their evolution.

Acording to Defra, the total number of pigs in England has increased by 1.5% since December 2013 to 3.7 million. Fattening pigs rose by 2.2% which was partly offset by a fall of 3.8% in breeding pigs.

A higher pig herd and increased productivity following the implementation of welfare rules in the sow sector should create conditions for a continuous recovery in production over the projection period at around 23 million tonnes.

According to these data, some of them still provisional, the total number of pigs amounted to 137.2 million; data from Belgium and the UK —still not available—, have yet to be added.

The number of sows has also increased slightly (1%) over the same period last year, reaching 1,046,000 heads.

The agriculture and livestock exports increased by 8.5% during the January-December 2014 period.

Between September and November 2014, 29.4 million pigs were weaned on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from the same time period in 2013.

Mexico is the tenth largest producer of pork, with an annual output of 1.2 million tons.

The stock of pigs rose slightly by roughly 136,600 or 0.5% since May 2014.