Q2 Hanwoo, Pork, and Duck Farming Decreases... Samgye and Native Chicken Increase

The number of major livestock such as Korean native cattle (Hanwoo), beef cattle, dairy cows, ducks, and pigs raised in the second quarter of this year decreased compared to a year ago.

According to the livestock trend survey results from Statistics Korea on the 21st, the number of Hanwoo and beef cattle raised in the second quarter of this year was 3,686,000 heads, down 48,000 heads (-1.3%) from the same period last year.

Due to the accumulated number of livestock raised, the number of cattle aged one year or older increased, but the number of calves under one year decreased due to increased slaughter of cows caused by the decline in Hanwoo prices.

The number of dairy cows raised also decreased by 5,000 heads (-1.4%) from last year to 383,000 heads.

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The number of pigs recorded 11,108,000 heads, down 58,000 heads (-0.5%) from the same period last year. This was due to culling caused by African Swine Fever (ASF) in the first half of the year.

The number of ducks raised, which suffered damage from avian influenza during the winter season, also decreased by 947,000 heads (-9.7%) to 8,816,000 heads.

The number of broiler chickens raised was 101,869,000 heads, an increase of 4,615,000 heads (4.3%) compared to the same period last year. Although the number of chicks introduced decreased due to a decline in breeding stock productivity, the number of Samgye and native chickens increased. The number of laying hens was 75,190,000 heads, up 2,117,000 heads (2.9%) from last year.

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