UK - Latest figures from Defra show that one per cent more compound pig feed was produced in the first quarter of 2016 than a year earlier. However, within this total, there was a 5 per cent reduction in breeding pig feed.This is the second consecutive quarter with falling sow feed output, which may be an indication that the tough financial position facing producers is starting to have an effect on sow numbers. However, this conclusion should be treated with some caution, as feed production has not always been a reliable predictor of breeding herd trends in the past.【母豬飼料生產降低 母豬產量低】
英國環境、食品和農村事務部(Defra)的最新數字顯示2016年首席季度生產的豬重合飼料比去年同期增長超過1% 。然而種豬飼料總數減少了5% 。這是母豬飼料產量持續下降的第二季度，約摸是生產商瀕臨嚴重的財政處境時開始影響母豬數量的一種跡象 。然而這個結論應該被謹慎對待，因為飼料生產在過去并不總是種豬群趨勢變幻的可靠預料 。
