date:Apr 09, 2014
In December 2013, the pig population amounted to 49,451 heads, up by 9.4 per cent, or 4,242 heads when compared to 2012.
A drop of 1.5 per cent was registered in young pigs while increases of 12.0, 19.0 and 0.1 per cent were registered in piglets, fattening and breeding stock respectively.
The census revealed that 105 holdings (-5.4 per cent) were engaged in pig production.
Of these, 60.0 per cent raised less than 400 pigs but accounted for 20.3 per cent of the total stock, or 10,032 heads. H