Pig farmers 'slowly but surely coming out the other side' as prices begin to creep upwards
Exceptional increases in feed and energy prices last year greatly added to the cost of production for farmers, leading to "such a fallout of sows from the system, and a number of pig producers have got out of production as a result of the margins that are there".
Pig farmers are "slowly but surely coming out the other side" of the "horrendous situation" they have faced for the past 18 months or so as prices are beginning to creep upwards.
Farmers are gearing up to attend the Irish Pig Health Society (IPHS) Symposium 2023 next week, with secretary Shane McAuliffe saying that a big talking point for those attending the gathering will be the difficult conditions that pig farmers have been operating in.
