Poland: 2019 Livestock and Products
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Post estimates that swine inventories decreased by 4 percent in 2019 due to the continuing expansion of African swine fever (ASF) and growing feed costs stemming from the 2019 drought. Swine inventories will continue to decline in 2020 because of reduced feed supplies during the first half of the year. Swine production remains under pressure from ASF, which continues to spread in Poland’s eastern and central regions, and since November 2019, in western Poland near the German border. 2019 piglet imports from Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands declined from 2018, as the market uncertainty lowered piglet demand among farmers. Post estimates that pork production in 2019 decreased by 3 percent due to lower slaughter. Post estimates that total cattle inventories in 2019 increased by 1 percent, as an increase in Poland’s dairy herd offset a decline in the beef herd. Beef production decreased by 3 percent in 2019 due to lower beef slaughter.
Poland: 2019 Livestock and Products
