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According to the German Federal Statistics Office, in 2010 a total of 58.350.000 pigs were slaughtered, which represents an increase of 3,6% compared to last year. The number of pigs imported, mainly from the Netherlands and Denmark, rose to 5,2 million with 9% of the total slaughtered. The capacity for production increased to 5,4 million tons, rising by 3,8% with respect to the year before.

According to the latest data on the swine census published by the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, during the first trimester of this year there has been a 2.3% decrease in the number of animals compared to last year. As on April 1st, 2011, the census was at 11,932.000 animals while at the same time last year the census was at 12,208,000 animals.

The size of the British pig breeding herd may slip below 418,000 sows (from 2007's 436,000 sows), causing pig producers to face a further period of negative margins, according to market analysts at the latest Outlook conference of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board.

As of April 1, 2011, Canadian farmers had an estimated 11.8 million hogs on their farms, up 1.4% from the same date in 2010, despite a 3.5% reduction in the number of hog operations. The inventory level was, however, down 0.7% from January 1, 2011.

According to the latest figures published by Chinese authorities, China produced a total of 14,5 million tons of pork during the first trimester of this year, which indicates an increase of 1,7% compared to the same period last year.

A census showed that the pig population rose by 7.1 per cent in 2010 over 2009, while the number of slaughtered pigs decreased by 5.4 per cent.

Meat cattle numbers fell to 24 million from 2008-09 and dairy cattle numbers have continued their decline since industry deregulation, falling to 2.5 million head. Sheep numbers remain at their lowest level since 1905 and pig numbers have remained steady, but at decade-low levels.

the number of livestock in Slovenia declined further in 2010, most notably in pig and poultry breeding. Since 2006, the number of pigs had decreased from 575,000 to 395,500 in December 2010, with the number of farms breeding pigs falling by 4,000 to 31,000 in 2010.

The number of pigs raised in South Korea plunged due to the massive slaughter of livestock affected by nationwide outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a report showed Thursday.

Federal data released Friday shows the swine breeding herd of U.S. hog producers grew slightly over the last three months and from a year ago.

Total closing inventories are forecast to expand to 2.4 million head in CY 2011 as improved feed grain supplies and strong meat prices allow the Australian pig herd to expand.

According to FAS-USDA report, Russia’s swine inventory will likely grow about 2% to 17.5 million head at the end of December 2011 from 17.2 million head at the end of December 2010, as grain from the new harvest takes pressure off feed prices in the second half of the year.

The total number of pigs in the UK decreased by 0.9% since December 2009 to just under 4.4 million. The number of breeding pigs increased by 1.9% to 507 thousand in December 2010.

The total number of pigs in England decreased by 1.7% from 3.6 million in December 2009 to 3.5 million in 2010.

As of January 1, 2011, inventories of hogs were up slightly on a year-over-year basis. Hog producers reported 11.9 million hogs, up 0.6% and the first increase on a year-over-year basis since April 1, 2006.

For the reference date 1 December 2010, Statistics Austria reports a total number of 3.134.000 pigs (-0,1% compared to 2009). A marginal increase was observed within the number of piglets and young pigs (+0.3% to 1 604 000 animals). The number of pigs for fattening purposes increased during the same period by 0.1% to 1 245 000 head while the number of pigs for breeding decreased by 3.1% to 285 000 animals.