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UK pigmeat production was more than 5% up year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, driven by higher slaughter numbers and soaring carcase…
Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain. For the second week in a row, the EU-spec SPP has moved upwards, gaining 0.21p to stand…
Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association. Trade comment: Little change in the prices but demand is slowing.…
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Q1 slaughterings and pork production up sharply
0UK pigmeat production was more than 5% up year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, driven by higher slaughter numbers and soaring carcase weights. The latest figures from Defra’s show UK clean pig slaughterings in March were up 7.9% on March 2025 at 925,000 head, with pigmeat production at 89,000 tonnes, 11% higher than in March 2025, on the back of higher carcase weights. This means that across the first three months of the year, clean pig slaughter totalled 2.6m head, 2.3% higher than in Q1 2025, with pigmeat production totalling 256,800t, an increase of 5.3% year…