German pig industry survey yields gloomy picture

The reduction of pig producers in Germany is a continuing process. In a survey, only 56% of sow breeders could with certainty confirm to continue their business in the next 10 years to come; in the finishing pig sector, that percentage is at 65%. Those outcomes are being given despite current margins as well as market prospects being good. Those are some of the main take-aways from a survey carried out by German pig farmers’ union ISN – it was the 6th time the ISN has organised a survey s