date:Aug 26, 2014
The cooling in pig prices over the past two months highlights the extra availability of pigs on the market, according to Iain Macdonald, Quality Meat Scotlands Economics Analyst.
Farmgate pig prices have fallen over 6p/kg from a seasonal peak of 164.5p/kg dwt at the beginning of June. The seasonal decline has come earlier this year and the increase through the spring and into summer was much less pronounced than in previous years. As a consequence, prices have fallen 9.5p/kg (5.5 per cent) behi