In the first half of the year, meat output grew by 4.3% to 50.5 million tons.
Pork production was up 3.3% year on year, the fastest rate of growth in H1 since 2022. At the end of June, the hog population was 424.91 million, up only 0.1% year on year. Hog slaughter in the first half was 372.46 million, up 1.7% year on year.
The breeding sow population should be released tomorrow.
Poultry production continues to grow rapidly, with poultry output increasing by 9.4% year on year. Output also continu...