Pig farmers urge gov't to stop falling pork prices
TAIWAN - Representatives of pig farmer associations in Taiwan yesterday urged the government to put a stop to falling pork prices, or else 20 percent of small to medium pig farming businesses will be forced to close by June of this year.
14 March 2007
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While prices per kilogram of pork have been steadily decreasing in the country, prices for pig feed such as corn continue to climb, said Pan Lian-chou, head of the R.O.C Swine Association.
The use of corn as an alternative fuel by countries such as the United States has caused a decrease of those countries' corn exports, and thereby contribute to the feed item's high prices, said Chang Yu-chi, chairperson of the R.O.C. Federation of Swine Cooperatives.
The average whole sale price of every 100 kilograms of pork is NT$5,000, and prices in central and southern regions of the country can fall as low as NT$4,500, which are far below the ideal price of NT$55 per kilogram, said Chang in a report of the United Evening News.
Source: The China Post
