Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 28 January 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many breeding pigs there were in England in each of the last 10 years.
holding answer
The total number of pigs in the breeding herd are shown in the following table.
(Thousand) | |
Pigs in breeding herd | |
1998 | 629.9 |
1999 | 573.0 |
2000 | 502.7 |
2001 | 489.0 |
2002 | 457.9 |
2003 | 418.1 |
2004 | 424.5 |
2005 | 386.2 |
2006 | 386.1 |
2007 | 374.9 |
Note: Pig breeding herd is sows and gilts in pig and suckled or dry sows for further breeding. Source: June Agricultural Survey |
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