No change to pig prices this week
Last 21 For In 2,555 Corresponding Ending Week In Than Was More 63,981 July Up Week 2,682 And Than The Throughput The 2023 Week
There was no announced change to Irish pig prices on Friday and producers are reporting quotes of at least €2.38-€2.40 available from processors in ROI, with some pig farmers reporting up to €2.45/kg available signalling strong demand for ROI pigs.
Throughput for the week ending July 21 was 63,981, of which 1,843 were sows. The total is up 2,682 than last week and 2,555 more than in the corresponding week in 2023.
In a statement last Thursday, China's commerce ministry said the authorities will conduct the anti-dumping investigation on EU pigmeat exported to China using samples from Danish meat processor Danish Crown, Dutch producer Vion Boxtel B.N. and Spanish food processor Litera Meat S.L.U.
The latest update from Agritel reports that rain that spread over a part of France yesterday continues to put the harvest on hold in Europe. This pause could be extended, with a return to rain already forecast for Friday and Saturday. A wait-and-see attitude, therefore, prevails in the wheat market.
Only maize continues to climb on Euronext's new-harvest prices.
