Pig trade afraid of too positive mood

With the current warm weather, the prospects for the export of live pigs are not very good. At least not when it comes to export to Spain or other southern European destinations.

Heat threatens living exports
If it is too hot, you cannot drive. There is, however, some room for export in an easterly direction. Even Poland seems to be in the market for Dutch pigs.

The big question is how much space there is to export animals. In Germany, the VEZG has raised the price to €1,95 per kilo, but this is not necessarily happening because of the high demand for pork. Tönnies indicates this, among other things. Due to the holiday time, the demand is small. German slaughterhouses also have to deal with all kinds of export restrictions because of the African swine fever. 

Partly more sales space, less staff
The situation is different in the Netherlands. There are even exports to China, which gives some slaughterhouses a lot more air. But there must also be people to do the work in the slaughterhouse. A number of companies have too few hands on the slaughter line because of the holidays. In addition, some of the regular sales are also more difficult due to the holiday.

Still a plus
Despite the holiday period in which slaughterhouses have adjusted their slaughter programs, the pigs are 'eagerly' in demand. Pig traders already hinted at a further increase in the DCA Stock Price 2.0 last week and that also seems to be rolling out of the averaging of the expected prices introduced this week. For the slaughtered pigs, this increase amounts to €0,04, bringing the price up to €1,79. For the live pigs this means a plus of €0,03 and a price that rises to €1,41.

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