Pig price today January 24: Pig price in the South maintains its momentum, pig farmers are 'sitting on fire' because of the epidemic. (Source: Agriculture ) |
Pig price today January 24
* The pig market in the North recorded no new changes compared to yesterday.
Specifically, live pigs in Bac Giang, Yen Bai , Ha Nam and Ninh Binh are being purchased at the highest price in the region at 57,000 VND/kg.
Traders in the remaining provinces and cities maintained transactions at prices ranging from 55,000 - 56,000 VND/kg.
Pig price today in the North is around 55,000 - 57,000 VND/kg.
* Pig prices in the Central and Central Highlands regions increased slightly in some places.
Of which, the price of live pigs recorded in Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan was 53,000 VND/kg and 56,000 VND/kg respectively, an increase of 1,000 VND/kg.
The remaining localities have prices unchanged compared to yesterday.
Currently, the price of live pigs in the Central and Central Highlands regions is around 52,000 - 56,000 VND/kg.
* In the Southern region, live pig prices increased sporadically by 1,000 - 2,000 VND/kg compared to yesterday.
Accordingly, the provinces and cities including Binh Phuoc, Vung Tau and Hau Giang all increased slightly by 1,000 VND/kg, currently ranging from 53,000 - 56,000 VND/kg, depending on the region.
Similarly, after increasing by VND2,000/kg, traders in Soc Trang and Kien Giang are purchasing live pigs at VND53,000/kg and VND54,000/kg, respectively.
Pig price in the Southern region today fluctuates between 51,000 - 56,000 VND/kg.
* African swine fever reappeared in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province in the last months of the year, especially near Tet, causing heavy losses to many farmers, and making other farmers very uneasy.
Meanwhile, the price of live pigs is falling to less than 50,000 VND/kg, making many farmers even more sad.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khoi's family, residing in Binh Ba commune, Chau Duc district, raises 397 pigs in a closed cold barn farm, does not allow strangers to enter and regularly disinfects the farm. However, his family's pigs still contracted African swine fever. On December 12, 2023, the farm's pigs contracted African swine fever en masse, and in the first wave, his family had to destroy 155 pigs.
After the outbreak, Mr. Khoi's family implemented many measures to strengthen disease prevention and control to prevent the disease from spreading further to the pig herd.
However, on January 16, the outbreak continued to spread, forcing him to destroy another herd, bringing the total number of pigs that had to be destroyed from both outbreaks to more than 200.
Currently, there are still about 180 pigs on the farm, and his family is "sitting on fire" because they are worried that the disease will continue to spread to the other pigs in the herd. Meanwhile, according to Mr. Khoi, the price of live pigs is also very low, and many farmers who sell pigs at this time are suffering heavy losses.
“African swine fever has caused my family losses of about more than 500 million VND up to this point,” Mr. Khoi sadly shared.
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