Zhongxin Finance, January 8th, "According to traditional habits, people will eat more livestock and poultry products than usual during the Spring Festival, so people pay more attention to the supply of livestock and poultry products during the festival." Liu, deputy director of the Department of Marketing and Information Technology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han said at a press conference on the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council on the 8th that during the Spring Festival, the number of live pigs and other livestock and poultry will increase, and the supply of livestock products will be sufficient.
She introduced that in 2021, my country's pig production recovery target and tasks will be completed half a year ahead of schedule, pork production has increased significantly, beef, mutton, poultry, and milk production have all hit record highs, and the livestock product market is generally adequately supplied.
Since the winter, the production situation of animal husbandry has been good, and the prices of animal products have been generally stable.
According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, during the New Year’s Day holiday, the average weekly price of pork in the national wholesale market was 23.4 yuan per kilogram, a month-on-month decrease of 1.1% and a year-on-year decrease of 46.9%; beef was 77.3 yuan per kilogram, which was basically the same month-on-month, and a year-on-year increase of 1.0%; mutton 71.8 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 0.8% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%; eggs per kilogram of 9.9 yuan, a month-on-month decrease of 0.8% and a year-on-year increase of 20.3%.
In terms of live pigs, the number of 5-month-old medium and large pigs in large-scale pig farms nationwide in November and December increased by 25.9% and 27.5% year-on-year respectively. According to the fattening time of about 2 months, the number of live pigs before and after the Spring Festival is relatively large.
In terms of laying hens, according to the fixed-point monitoring of 500 laying hen production counties, the number of laying hens in November increased by 0.5% month-on-month and 1.2% year-on-year. In addition, the recent stable profit of laying hen breeding will increase egg production.
In terms of milk, according to the monitoring of raw milk purchasing stations across the country, the number of dairy cows in November increased by 11.0% year-on-year, and the output of fresh milk increased by 14.1% year-on-year.
The stock of broiler chickens, cattle and sheep is also at a historically high level, and the number of listings before the Spring Festival has increased accordingly, and the supply of meat, eggs and milk can fully meet the consumer demand of residents.
Liu Han also pointed out that from the dispatching situation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the recent partial rebound of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not affected the national livestock and poultry production.
She said, "We have promptly urged and guided local governments to take targeted measures to properly solve the problems reported by individual farmers in medium and high-risk areas, such as the inability of feed and livestock and poultry to be transported to ensure production materials such as live livestock and poultry, feed and veterinary drugs. And the transportation of meat, eggs and milk products is smooth. Next, we will coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and the production development of the breeding industry, and pay attention to, supervise and coordinate local governments to solve the stuck points and blocking points in the transportation process of livestock and poultry products and production materials as soon as possible. problems, ensure orderly production and stable supply.” (End)