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UK pig farmers suffer heavy Q2 losses, as prices plummet and costs soar
0UK pig farmers lost, on average, more than £20/head in the second quarter of this year, as pig prices plummeted and costs of production soared, according to AHDB’s latest net margin estimates. The latest quarterly figures, which use performance figures for breeding and finishing herds, estimate that the full economic cost of production over the course of Q2 2026 was 201p/kg deadweight – an increase of 9p on Q1. The rise was driven by a 4p hike in feed costs to 119p/kg, accounting for 60% of the total average cost, alongside a 3p rise in finance and miscellaneous costs and…