Pig price today, August 4: Pig price fluctuates slightly; List of the 15 largest pig producers in the world. (Source: Ausfram)

Pig price today 4/8

*Pig price in the Northern region

The Northern live pig market shows that the purchase price last week increased or decreased by 1,000 VND/kg in some places.

Specifically, after a slight increase of 1,000 VND/kg, live pigs in the two provinces of Bac Giang and Hung Yen were simultaneously set at 66,000 VND/kg - the highest in the region.

On the contrary, Thai Binh province slightly reduced the price of live pigs by 1,000 VND/kg, bringing the price of live pigs to 65,000 VND/kg.

Traders in the remaining provinces continued to trade live pigs at stable prices last week.

Today's live pig price in the North is around 64,000 - 66,000 VND/kg.

*Pig price in the Central Highlands region

The Central Highlands region saw pork prices drop by VND1,000 - 2,000/kg last week.

Accordingly, the price of live pigs in Quang Nam and Lam Dong both decreased slightly by VND 1,000/kg, down to VND 62,000/kg and VND 64,000/kg, respectively.

With a reduction of 2,000 VND/kg, Binh Dinh province set the price of live pigs at the lowest level in the region - at 61,000 VND/kg.

Pigs in other localities are purchased at the same price as at the beginning of the week.

Currently, the price of live pigs in the Central and Central Highlands regions is around 61,000 - 64,000 VND/kg.

*Pig price in the Southern region

In the Southern region, the purchase price increased and decreased inconsistently by 1,000 - 2,000 VND/kg.

Specifically, after a sharp decrease of 2,000 VND/kg, live pigs in Dong Nai were set at 64,000 VND/kg.

At the same time, the area of ​​4 provinces and cities including Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Vung Tau and Dong Thap all decreased slightly by 1,000 VND/kg, down to about 63,000 - 64,000 VND/kg.

On the contrary, traders in An Giang traded live pigs at 65,000 VND/kg, a slight increase of 1,000 VND/kg this week.

Currently, the purchase price in the South fluctuates between 62,000 - 65,000 VND/kg.

* According to Thanh Hoa Radio and Television, currently, African swine fever is developing complicatedly nationwide, with a tendency to increase sharply, including in the provinces bordering Thanh Hoa. Although African swine fever has not yet occurred in this locality, the direction of the Provincial People's Committee is to proactively take preventive measures, minimizing the risk of disease infiltration and outbreak.

Thanh Hoa is controlling African swine fever well. However, with a total herd of over 1.3 million pigs, small-scale farming is still common, the African swine fever virus has a very complex transmission route, and the risk of African swine fever outbreak in the province is very high.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Hoa has directed localities and units to resolutely implement measures to prevent and control African swine fever according to the direction of the Central Government and the province; strengthen propaganda to raise people's awareness of disease prevention; monitor the total herd; strengthen control of slaughter, transportation and trading of pigs.

At the same time, urge and guide livestock farming households, especially small-scale livestock farming households, to apply biosafety measures, review and count the number of vaccinated pigs to develop plans, allocate funds to purchase vaccines and organize synchronous vaccination; strictly control the source of breeds to prevent the spread of African swine fever from outside into the farm.

* Among the 15 largest pig producers in the world, 6 are Chinese, the US has 4, and in Southeast Asia, Thailand is the only one in the top.

The list from top to bottom includes: Muyuan Foodstuff Co, Ltd. (China): 3,130,000 sows; Wens Group (China): 1,570,000 pigs; CP Foods (Thailand): 1,115,000 pigs; New Hope (China): 820,000 pigs; Smithfield Foods (USA): 810,000 pigs; Twins Group (China): 550,000; JBS (USA): 531,358 pigs;

Seara Foods (US – Brazil): 531,358 sows; Triumph Foods, LLCA (US): 409,565 sows; BRF SA (Brazil): 340,000 sows; Seaboard Foods (US): 336,000 sows; Sichuan Dekon Group (China): 333,200 sows; Techbank (China): 320,000 sows; Vall Companys (Spain): 300,000 and Miratorg (Russia): 280,000 sows.