China News Service, Beijing, July 20 (Reporter Chen Su) At the end of June and early July, the price of live pigs in China experienced a wave of rapid rises, which caused concern.
On the 20th, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China pointed out when introducing the relevant situation of China's live pig market that China's live pig production is sufficient, and pig prices do not have the motivation to continue to rise sharply in the later period.
On the same day, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the operation of the agricultural and rural economy in the first half of the year.
Chen Guanghua, head of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, responded to the recent rapid rise in pig prices.
He said that since late June, the price of pigs in China has experienced a wave of rises and has recently fallen back.
At present, the price of pigs is about 22.8 yuan per kilogram (RMB, the same below), which is about 1.1 yuan lower than the recent high price.
Chen Guanghua said that in response to the fact that the price of live pigs has risen rapidly since late June, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has strengthened monitoring and dispatching, conducted intensive consultations on the situation, held a live pig production symposium in Cangzhou, Hebei, and sent an investigation team to Shandong, Guangxi and other live pig owners. Conducted surveys in production provinces to analyze the reasons and trends of price increases.
"In general, this round of pig price increases is mainly due to restorative and seasonal increases, with the addition of some special factors, but production is sufficient, and pig prices do not have the motivation to continue to rise sharply in the later period."
He said that judging from past price trends, pig prices in most years have risen seasonally from July.
From the perspective of breeding efficiency, the pig price in the first half of this year was generally sluggish, and most of the farms (households) lost money. An appropriate increase in prices is conducive to the sustainable development of the live pig industry.
In addition, from the perspective of breeding costs, the prices of corn and soybean meal have continued to rise, and the cost of one kilogram of fat pigs has increased by about 1 yuan compared with the same period last year, which also has a certain role in promoting the rise in pig prices.
There are also some special factors for the rapid rise in pig prices. Some time ago, with the resumption of classes and work in schools and factories, social catering has been gradually liberalized, and pork consumption has increased significantly, driving pig prices to rise rapidly.
At the same time, factors such as the increase in farms (households) slaughtering and secondary fattening, and the reduction in pork imports have also caused a phased reduction in pork supply, boosting pig prices.
Chen Guanghua said that at present, the production capacity of live pigs is at a normal and reasonable level.
Judging from the number of breeding sows, since this year, the inventory has been in the green and reasonable area of production capacity control, and it has rebounded for two consecutive months.
It is expected that the supply of live pigs and pork production will increase steadily in July and August, and the supply of fat pigs will be guaranteed in the second half of the year.
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