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Sow feed is also falling in price

29 March 2019 - Tim Roetman

Chunk prices have dropped sharply in March. Sow farmers in particular benefit from this, as sow feeds have fallen significantly in price. Where do the prices come in?

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The prices of sow pellet gestation, starter/transition pellet and sow pellet lakto all fell by €0,30 to €26,20, €30,15 and €30,80 per 100 kilos respectively. The price of pork chunks fell by €0,15 to €26,20 per 100 kilos, while the price of baby piglet pellets fell by €0,20 to €37,40 per 100 kilos. This is shown by new figures from Wageningen Economic Research (WUR). 

Decline continues
The chunk prices showed a significant increase recently, as a result of last summer's drought, but are now on the decline again. The compound feed price indicator predicts a stable to slightly declining price picture in the coming months. Whether that expectation comes true depends largely on the weather in the various production regions of the feed raw materials. 

The decline in pellet prices is caused by the lower quotations for both feed wheat and feed barley, which are dominant in many rations. The chunk prices often respond to this development with a delaying effect (of about 3 months). 

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