On march 27, 2026, the “national pig price has fallen by $5” went straight to the top and, according to the first financial report, the national price of the pig now falls to between $4 and $5 per pound, while the cost of raising the pig is as high as $7. 5 per pound, which means that the farmer will lose more than $500 for a pig, and the pig industry is really hard to reach。
In fact, the fall in the price of the boar did not come suddenly, and since the spring season, the price of the pig has gone down the road, and now it has broken the psychological bottom line, whether it be a large-scale pig-breeding enterprise or a family farmer. Why did you lose so much? The core is that there are too many pigs sold and fewer people bought, and the cost of raising pigs increases. The high prices of maize and soybean feedstocks alone account for 60 per cent of the cost of pig farming. The cost of pigs cannot be sold, the cost cannot be reduced, the costs are squeezed down and farmers are forced to bear losses。
Maybe a lot of breeders will think, "let's wait till the price of the pig increases." indeed, it is not recommended to do so, and now that the price of pigs has reached a low level, continuing to press the fence will only increase the cost of farming every day, at a greater cost. Moreover, the current supply of pigs on the market is already high, and blind pressure bars only exacerbate supply and demand imbalances and are not conducive to the recovery of pig prices。
At this stage, rather than bet on pigs, farmers should be able to get through this. First, don't panic, but don't push it. It's important to keep the cash flow in time for pigs to get their weight out; secondly, to phase out young and older pigs in time and reduce unnecessary costs; and then to spend more time on feed, using alternative materials with high commercial prices, and to press down on farming costs。
Of course, there is no need to be discouraged, and industry experts have said that while there will be some pressure on the price of pigs in the short term, the price of pigs will likely improve slowly as the capacity to produce them slowly adjusts, and as consumption increases in the second half of the autumn and the national day season。
Pork farming is a cycle-oriented industry, and the current difficulties are only temporary. The most important thing for farmers in the moment is to fine-tune costs, keep production steady and secure, and carry on this low period until the price of pigs warms up。
