Inside Pigs
DCA BestPigletprice just remains unchanged
The pressure on piglet prices continues unabated. Due to a lack of installation space, new reductions are unavoidable, as is the case in Germany.
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Much has already been said and written about the bad piglet market, but a turnaround is still not obvious. This is because the desired impulses are not forthcoming. Meanwhile, cuts continue to play out. After a few stable movements in a row, the German VEZG quotation falls this week by €2 to €18 per piglet. Never before has the listing been at such a low level.
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It underlines the precarious market situation that is currently going on. Traders do not lose the piglets because German fattening pig farmers refuse to impose new flocks. The entire European piglet market is saturated, the willingness to purchase is also limited in the former Eastern Bloc countries, although the piglets are for sale for only a tenner each.
In the Netherlands, several traders opt for a stand still. The DCA BestPigletPrice remains narrowly unchanged for this week and is therefore €1 above the depth record that dates from weeks 48 and 49 2020 (€20).