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Soaring carcase weights pushed January UK pigmeat production fractionally above year-earlier levels, despite lower slaughter numbers.  January UK clean pig slaughterings were down 3.1% on January…
AHDB is has launced a survey to gather views from across the pig sector to inform a strategic review of industry training. The review will aim…
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Soaring carcase weights push January pigmeat production above year-earlier levels
0Soaring carcase weights pushed January UK pigmeat production fractionally above year-earlier levels, despite lower slaughter numbers.  January UK clean pig slaughterings were down 3.1% on January 2025 at 872,000 head, but pigmeat production, at 85,000 tonnes, was up 0.1% year on year. Taking the weekly average, the UK figure of 197,000 head/week for January compared with 203,000 head/week in January 2025, a reduction of 3%. Breaking the January figures down, 689,000 head were slaughtered in England and Wales, 15,000 head in Scotland and 168,000 head in Northern Ireland. Sow and boar slaughterings were 2.3% lower year on year at around…