German pig farmer busy with potato harvest

The years of consolidation in the pig sector are a problem. There is a lack of small, flexible fattening pig stables to deal with the piglet surplus. The 'all in all out' principle works excellently, but is quite cumbersome. As soon as there are any piglets left, they start to die. The flexibility is gone. By the way, according to some, the surplus is not even extremely large. Others speak of 'super bad'.

Good piglets skip over
Piglets have also been hanging above the market in Germany for several weeks, with the result that the piglet price is falling. There is also hardly any market for good pietrain piglets. Traders say that German pork farmers are busy with other things.

Mixed farms, with an arable farming branch next to them, are currently busy with the potato harvest and are postponing the laying of piglets. Naturally, the wait-and-see attitude is fueled by the falling piglet prices and the fact that January is 4 months away.

For week 38, the German piglet price has been reduced by €3 to €52 per piglet. A reduction of €2 has been announced for this week. When the market stabilizes, supply can dry up fairly quickly. At least, that is the expectation.

Market in splits
The gap between fixed links and the free market is increasing. Although breeders have achieved good prices so far this year, declining piglet quotations are causing some concern. Especially the pace that accompanies this. In the eyes of fattening pig farmers, things cannot happen fast enough. It is sometimes not easy for traders to mediate between breeder and breeder.

BPP down, Vion down 
The DCA BestPigletPrice drops this week by €2 to €40,50 per piglet. Vion's pork price fell by €0,05 to €1,56 per kilo on Monday afternoon. According to the slaughterhouse, the wide range of meat pigs is difficult to value. Necks in particular are under considerable price pressure. Shoulder prices are also in a downward trend.