SPACE: French animal production, trends and 2010 forecasts

With the agricultural show SPACE coming up early September, it is time to zoom in on France. Except for sheep, production prices in France for all animals have decreased in 2009. On average, agricultural incomes dropped by 30.4% for French professional farms, the worst situation being registered for dairy farmers (-49.5% income).* By Philip Caldier Pigs: degradation of the foreign trade balance 2009 overview With 14.6 million head, the French number of pigs dropped by 1.7% in 2009 (-1.3% for th