Scale of China¡¯s swine operations
expanding
Although small-sized pig farms still account for a larger part of
swine production, backyard production has been decreasing, while
commercial and scale production has been expanding. Provinces have
different definitions of the scale of commercial farms. For example,
Sichuan Province, the largest swine province, considers a farm with
100 head, instead of 50 head in the past, a large-scale farm. Generally,
50-head size is considered a professional commercial farm. The trend
of larger sized operations with better efficiency will continue
in 2005. China’s pork share will reduce from 65 percent in 2005 to
63 percent in 2010. However, it is hard to say and the progress
will also very slow. Pork is still the main meat for China, especially
in the countryside.
Source: www.engormix.com
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