Livestock populations: Pigs at 1 December 2021, England
Number of pigs in England, including analysis of pigs overdue movement/slaughter and number of pigs culled as a result of any back log on farms.
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Pig numbers on agricultural holdings in England on 1 December includes additional information relating to the estimates of pigs overdue movement or slaughter on 1 December and the number of pigs culled in October and November as a result of any back log on farms.
The dataset associated with the December publication can be found here.
A follow-up survey of pigs (backlog and premature cullings) was run to ask for numbers of pigs overdue movement or slaughter as at 1 February 2022 and the number of pigs culled in December 2021 and January 2022 as a result of any back log on farms. Results are published in a separate release titled “Number of pigs overdue movement or slaughter on 1 February 2022”.
Next update: see the statistics release calendar.
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Published 20 January 2022Last updated 24 March 2022 + show all updates
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Added statistic notice for Number of pigs overdue movement or slaughter on 1 February 2022.
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First published.