Inside Pigs
No place for increasing supply of German sows
The increasing supply of slaughter sows in Germany can no longer be completely processed. This is reported by the Landwirtschaftskammer of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in German media. Dutch traders also report that slaughterhouses are putting slaughter sows ahead of them.
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The main cause is the lack of availability of personnel in Germany. In addition, there is also a lack of storage capacity and there is no demand for the product. Almost all major German sow slaughterers pass on the animals they offer to the subsequent slaughter weeks. Together this involves thousands of transferred animals.
Sow exports in Germany are declining
The difficult situation is reflected in the market statistics of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). This shows that the export of slaughter sows and piglets (1 category at RVO) to Germany has fallen sharply in recent weeks. From week 37 to week 41, only 14.200 animals were delivered to German slaughterhouses. That was an average of 2.804 per week. For the whole of 2021, the average is 3.470 slaughter sows per week. It is therefore estimated that another destination will have to be found for 600 sows per week.