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Commercial hog slaughter totaled 113.2 million head, 2 percent higher than 2011.

The Korean government seeks to cull up to 100,000 sows to help stabilize pork prices.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2013 was 65.9 million head.

The latest Defra census shows pig numbers on December 1 totalled 4.2 million head. This was just over 2% lower compared with the same period last year.

Hog producers reported 12.7 million hogs, down 0.5% from January 1, 2012.

The Commission is publishing today its short-term market outlook for arable crop, meat and dairy markets in the EU. The EU pig meat production is expected to decline in 2013 (-2%).

The number of slaughtered pigs fell by 2,837 heads, in spite of a marginal increase of 0.9 per cent in the average carcass weight.

Almost half (48 %) of the livestock units surveyed in EU-27 holdings were cattle. Pigs came in second with 27.4 %, followed by poultry with 14 % share of the EU-27 livestock units.

In 2012 the fresh meat consumption fell by 1.8%, whilst the consumption of cold cuts rised by 2.5%.

Among the main swine producers in the EU, the drops by 6.41% in the case of Spain, by 3.46% in Germany, by 2.63% in France, and by 2.26% in The Netherlands stand out.

The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 176 in January, down marginally from December. Quotations of all meat categories were generally stable, although a slight weakening in poultry and pig meat prices was evident.

In December 2012, swine inventories totaled to 11.1 million head, a 15 percent drop in comparison to the same period of previous year.

Pork production totaled 1.95 billion pounds, down 5 percent from the previous year.

Pig meat is expected to remain the preferred meat in the EU with 40.8 kg/capita consumption in 2022.

United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2012 was 66.3 million head.

The total number of pigs has fallen by 1.6%.