Swine output tipped to fall 12% this year
Market uncertainty puts off farmers
The production of live pigs is estimated to drop by almost 12% this year with the dent mostly affecting small farms, according to the Department of Livestock Development (DLD).
The department has conducted the first of two rounds of a nationwide survey of live pigs, which revealed 10.8 million are currently being reared, said DLD Director-General Sorawit Thaneeto.
The agency has estimated that throughout this year, there will be 11.8% fewer pigs than in 2021.
Of the pigs currently being farmed, 49,000 are male breeder pigs, which represents a 41.1% drop from last year, and…
