What was driving Spain’s pig performance in 2024?

09-07-2025 | |
Spain pig performance
Due to health problems, productivity in Spain decreased. In the last two years, the average came down to 26.9 weaned piglets/sow/year. Photo: Nanta.
Recently, new insights were presented related to financial and performance results of 200 of Spain’s largest farms, covering a total of 1.6 million sows. In the latest figures, including 2024, total production costs have been decreasing; however health issues have caused weaner mortality to grow since 2022. The insights and analysis were shared by Catalan consultancy company SIP* – a reference in Spain with regard to pig market insights. Over the period 2020-2024, the company noted strong


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