Polish pig prices flat as farmers still see little or no profit
Poland's pork market shows no signs of recovery in mid-November, with pig prices close to late-October levels. Current purchase rates leave most producers without a profit.
Poland's pig market saw no significant changes over the past seven days, according to the farming portal Farmer.pl. Prices on 13 November were almost the same as at the end of October, and there are no signs of improvement. The portal says rates that in most cases give farmers no profit have persisted for some time.
Prices in Poland
The portal's editorial team collects data from purchasing plants. For pigs sold by hot carcass weight, Polish buyers offer 5.40–6.00 zloty per kilogram net for class E. The average price in this class is 5.68 zloty per kilogram, almost exactly the same as a week earlier.
Pigs settled by live weight cost between 3.70 and 4.80 zloty per kilogram net. The average from plant price lists is 4.30 zloty per kilogram, exactly the same as in last week's quotation.
The European Union
On the markets of most of the EU's leading pig producers, no major price swings are visible. According to KZP-PCTh Polpig quotations, prices did not change last week in Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands, among others.
A decline was recorded in Spain, the EU's leading pig producer, at 0.06 euro per kilogram of hot carcass weight. In France, prices fell by 0.04 euro per kilogram.
