Release Date :
Reference Number :
2020-45
The total volume of hog production in llocos Region for January- June 2020 reached at 49,724 metrictons liveweight. This was higher by 0.02 percent compared with the 1st Semester 2019 level. Slight production growth was contributed by the 1st quarter 2020 increase in production by 8.45 percent. In contrast, production during 2nd quarter 2020 decreased by 7.66 percent over last year's level of 26,014 metric tons liveweight.
llocos Region contributed 4.44 percent to the national production of 1,118,689.9 metric tons liveweight, ranking 9th among the hog producing regions in the country.
INVENTORY
The total headcount of swine in llocos Region as of January 1, 2020 was 663,086 heads. It increased by 5.62 percent from previous year's inventory of 627,816 heads. However, swine inventory as of April 1,2020 of 600,974 heads decreased by 6.86 percent over last year's level. It further contracted to 586,344 heads as of July 1 ,2020.
All provinces decreased in the headcount of swine as of July 1 ,2020. This resulted to regional drop of inventory as of July 1 ,202A by 6.84 percent over last year's level. The contraction can be attributed to African Swine Fever (ASF) as more backyard raisers slaughtered and sold their stocks during the first quarter due to scare that their swine will be afflicted with ASF. Moreover, the death of some stocks due to ASF and control measures (pre-emptive culling to prevent spread of disease) done by the Department of Agriculture in coordination with the Provincial Veterinary Offices in Pangasinan and La Union may have also contributed to said
contraction (Table 2).
SLAUGHTERED IN SLAUGHTERHOUSES
The total number of hogs slaughtered during the 1st semester 2020 decreased by 6.33 percent over the 1st Semester 2019 level. Lesser stocks were sold directly to slaughterhouses during the 2nd quarter 2020 which can be attributed to limited animal movements within and outside the region due to COVID 2019 Enhance Community Quarantine(ECQ) during the period.
PRICES
The average farm price of hog for slaughter in backyard farms from January to June 2020 was PhP 117.76 per kilo liveweight. This was lower by 0.49 percent than the 1st Semester 2019 price. The lowest price recorded during the period was Php 113.29 per kilo in February 2020 which was lower by 2.24 percent over same month last year. The average price peaked up to PhP124.14 per kilo liveweight in June 2020.
SGD. ATTY. SHEILA O. DE GUZMAN
Officer-in-Charge, RSSO I
