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Pig price in Ireland static for another week

Farmers received quotes from €1.78c/kg to €1.82 or €1.84 to €1.88/kg last week, leaving the Irish pig price unchanged for the larger processing plants compared to the prior week, says the Irish Farmers Association. The weekly throughput for the week ending 12 June, 2022 was 59,068. Pig farmers are reporting feed costs of up to €1.81/kg depending on how farms have bought feed forward. Losses are still mounting to about…

Severe losses facing pig farmers committee hears

There has been a moderate decrease in feed prices, but according to Teagasc costs are still very high and very volatile. This comes as the National Fodder and Feed Security Committee met yesterday to discuss the current trends facing the farming sector, with the group forecasting that feed ingredient prices are set to increase between €50 and €70/t in April and by €25/t in May. But this was the least…

Talks underway to find relief for pig farmers

Pig farmers may be able to breathe a sigh of relief as talks are expected to be tabled regarding a support package to be offered to embattled farmers. This as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is set to discuss a support package of €7 million with Cabinet. It’s understood that this may see individual pig farmers settling for a support package of €20,000 per farmer. The funds will…

Pig farmers facing large losses

It’s not looking bright for pig farmers this year as the market has suffered severe losses of €128 million for the period from September 2021 to the current period. This was believed to have been a topic of concern at a Teagasc webinar held on the finance-stricken industry earlier this week. According to Teagasc pig advisor Gerard McCutcheon, they addressed the costs and losses experienced by pig farmers and additionally…

Pig farmers in need of urgent support

IFA President Tim Cullinan has requested that the government urgently provide details on how it intends to support pig farmers hit by the most severe income crisis in nearly 20 years. The association says that the latest drop in pig price and the increase in feed costs means that every pig produced on Irish farms is losing over €35. A pig farmer with 500 sows is currently racking up losses…