Combined output of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry rose to 26.62 million tons in Q1, up 4.8% year on year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Pork output grew by 4.2% and poultry output grew by 9.3%. Beef production fell by 1.4%, and mutton output fell by 2.0%.
Milk production increased by 3.4%, and egg production decreased by 3.1%.
In Q1, hog slaughter was 200.26 million, up 2.8% year on year. The hog inventory at the end of the quarter was 423.58 million head, up 1.5% ye...