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1
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What will the global demand of pork reach to by 2050

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143 million tonnes

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How much pigment does china consume?

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World pig meat is 108 million tonnes 40% consumed by china

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What is the world pigment

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108 million tonnes

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How much pork produced worldwide

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120.8 m tonnes

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What % of pork produced by china?

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42%

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By what % was herd size reduced by AFS in china?

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16% reduction

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7
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What two continents are the main exporter of pork?

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EU and China

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What two countries are the main importers of pigment?

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Hong Kong and China

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9
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How many pigs in 2022

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784 million pigs

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10
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What % of pigs are in China?

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54% or 423 million

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11
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How many tonnes of pigment produced in US in 2021?

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12.58 million

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12
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Top pig production states in the US?

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Iowa, Minnesota, North Carolina

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13
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Population of pigs in the EU

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142 million pigs

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14
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What is the self sufficiency rate of EU?

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123%

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15
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What % Spain account for

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24%

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16
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What % Germany account for

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17%

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17
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How many tonnes of pigment produced in the EU in 2021

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23,394 million tonnes

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18
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Who EU export to

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Mainly China as frozen goods

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19
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What is the pig production density of Denmark?

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215 pigs per 100 inhabitants

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20
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What is Denmarks self sufficiency rate?

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989%

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21
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How many pigs do Denmark wean per year?

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Average is 30 piglets/sow/year

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22
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What is the EU average carcass weight?

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94kg

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23
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What is Irelands average carcass weight?

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90.7kg

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24
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What is Irelands pig population?

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2 million

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How many pigs do Ireland produce per year
4 million pigs produced per year
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How much does a pig farmer operating a 600 sow pig farm loose monthly?
Loose €39,000 monthly
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How much did the industry loose in 2022?
127 million due to declining pigment prices and rising feed costs
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Pigs is how important in Ireland
3rd important agricultural enterprise
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Irelands GAO
7.9%
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How many employees in Irelands pig industry
8,100
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How many tonnes of pigment do Ireland import?
94,000
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Pig population in Ireland
1.79 million pigs - 145,000 sows
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Irelands self sufficiency?
232%
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How much have feed costs risen by since 2021?
42%
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How many born alive/litter in Ireland in 2021?
14.69
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How many litters/sow/yr in Ireland in 2021?
2.27 litters/sow/year
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Dead weight in 2021
90.7kg
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FCE in Ireland in 2021?
2.39 FCE
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How many pigs produced/sow/year in Ireland in 2021?
28.1 pigs produced/sow/year
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Total herds in Ireland in 2021?
1693
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What is Irelands average breeding herd size in 2021?
700 sows
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How many pigs required to be profitable?
200 sows and 100 finisher pigs
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What were total pigment included value added products worth in 2021?
932 million total pigmeat in 2021
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What is value added?
19% of total exports
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What % are total exports by value?
43%
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What is the price of exports?
nearly 1 billion worth of exports 80% volume and 20% value added
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What % of primary pigmeat production in Ireland goes to China?
50%
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What countries are Irelands biggest export destinations?
UK, China and Japan
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How many pigs processed per week?
65,000 pigs/week
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How many slaughtering plants in Ireland?
5
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How many pigs do the republic of Ireland kill per year?
3.7 million pigs killed/year
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How many tonnes of pigment produced in Ireland
33,500 tonne of pigmeat
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What is the Irish pig meat supply chain?
Very fragmented - no farmer control increasing costs
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Pigmeat pricing golden box?
77-87 kg dwt
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What % of herd with golden box in high performance herds?
60%
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Pricing for pigmeat is?
base + 6 cents/kg
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What is output in the form of?
Carcasses
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What % of carcasses exported?
50%
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Competitive disadvantage for the pig industry?
The lack of trust and cooperation between the production and processing sector
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Verticilisation
All stages of supply chain owned by the same organisation
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Where is verticilisation popular?
Spain and USA
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Where is all stages of the supply chains operate but well coordinated?
Denmark and Netherlands
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What is IPPC
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
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When is an IPPC License required?
>285 sows
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What is the minimum storage capacity for manure storage?
26 weeks
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When were sow stalls banned in the UK?
1999
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When was routine tail docking and teeth clipping prohibited in the EU?
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In EU in 2001, when was sow stall ban agreed to come into effect?
2013
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When was the ban on tethering sows in the EU?
2006
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EU Ban in of sow stalls in 2013?
Ban on the use of sow stalls after 4 weeks of pregnancy comes into force
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When was castration banned in the EU?
2017
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EU parliament no more cages and crates by?
2027
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How much does an integrated housing unit cost?
€5,000 per sow
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How much does a 600 sow unit cost?
€3.0 million
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What are the repayments?
12-25 c/kg
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When was preventative antibiotics banned?
2022
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When was Zinc Oxide banned?
2022
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Pigs MCQ 1 (2 decks)

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