Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: It is expected that pigs will be released from January to February this year compared with the same period last year

On January 19, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs answered a reporter's question on the situation of agricultural products supply during the Spring Festival.
In response to people's concerns about the supply of "meat plates" during the Spring Festival, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the most tight period of pork supply has passed, the January-February pig out of the column is expected to increase by about 25% year-on-year, pork prices in the later stages there is room for decline.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, since 2020, under the dual role of market pull and policy incentives, pig production has continued to accelerate the recovery, production capacity has increased rapidly, the outbreak of swine fever in Africa has been effectively controlled, and the supply of pig market has continued to improve.
according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs monitoring sample slaughter enterprises, the average daily slaughter volume of pigs continued to increase in the second half of last year, with the average daily slaughter volume in December increasing by 290,000 head compared with July, an increase of 61.7%.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that the most tight period of supply has passed, the later supply and demand relationship will become more and more relaxed.
prices have risen slightly seasonally since December, mainly driven by consumption during the Spring Festival on New Year's Day, as well as the cause of the outbreak of new crown pneumonia.
from the current supply and demand situation, the early pressure bar fat pig because of the approaching Spring Festival to speed up out of the column, the southern production of bacon sausage activities near the end, pig prices have shown signs of decline.
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened experts to discuss, combined with the recovery of pig production in the early stage, the number of new piglets, pig feed sales and other factors, it is expected that the January-February pig out of the column than the same period last year increased by about 25%, the later pork prices still have room for decline.
other hand, poultry meat, eggs, milk production also increased significantly last year, cattle and mutton production has steadily increased.
from the Spring Festival market supply point of view, egg-producing chicken and broiler chicken storage column in the same period in history at a high level, egg and chicken market supply is relatively adequate, prices will be generally stable.
in accordance with the usual practice, before the Spring Festival cattle and sheep out of the column will be significantly increased, the market supply is generally guaranteed, prices will be stable-oriented.