News Forum - Thailand will raise 12% fewer pigs this year, livestock department says

[Thaiger]

Thailand’s livestock department says farmers will probably raise 11.8% fewer pigs this year. Already, male pig breeders have dropped 41.1%, while female breeders have dropped 11%. The department general said this is because of economic conditions during the pandemic, and also farmers not having too many pigs in case of disease outbreaks. There are 107,000 pig raisers in the country, the department general says. 70% of pigs in Thailand are raised on large and medium-sized farms, but there are more small farms than there are large or medium-sized. The general said most of the pigs that disappeared this year came […]

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[AdvocatusDiaboli]

Does that mean they are cutting back on seats in parliament in the next election? 12% is an awful lot!