CCTV News: As the Spring Festival approaches, pork enters the peak consumption season, and in some large wholesale markets in Beijing, consumers are purchasing and preparing stocks.
At 10 a.m., the reporter saw at this large agricultural and sideline product wholesale market in Beijing that the 90 stalls in the pork hall were crowded with purchasing consumers.
Merchants said that according to the rules of previous years, this period before the Spring Festival was the most prosperous time for pork sales. At present, the price of pork remains stable overall.
The market leader said that the current supply of Beijing's pork market is sufficient, and the increase in supply and increase in demand remain synchronized.
The latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that in the second week of January this year, the number of pig slaughtered enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 4.6% year-on-year. In the third week of January, the average price of pork in the national agricultural product wholesale market was 22.58 yuan per kilogram, which was the same as last week.
Shandong: Pig breeding remains profitable and farmers are speeding up their slaughtering
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Dong Junfang is a pig farmer in Shouguang, Shandong. She has sold nearly a thousand pigs since the winter. As the Spring Festival approaches, she has accelerated the pace of slaughtering.
Dong Junfang said that the local pig breeding situation in 2024 was better than last year, with an average annual profit of more than 300 yuan. The highest price of pigs occurred in August 2024, with a maximum of 10 yuan per catty, and then it turned from rising to falling. As she entered January 2025, pig prices stabilized and rebounded. She also wanted to ask the agent who came to collect pigs to sell at a good price as soon as possible.
Zhao Zhiwei, a pig broker in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, told reporters that it is the peak season for pig purchases and sales, and slaughtering enterprises are generally strong in purchasing and selling farms.
