China’s total production of pork, beef, mutton and poultry meat reached 76.27 million tonnes in the first three quarters, up 4.3% from the same period last year.
Among individual categories, pork production increased by 3.2%, while poultry recorded the strongest growth, rising by 9.3%.
At the same time, the effects of policies aimed at controlling pig production capacity are already becoming apparent. By the end of the third quarter, China’s breeding sow herd stood at 36.02 million head.
Compared with the end of 2025, the number of breeding sows declined by 3.59 million. This brought the herd back into the so-called “green zone” of the regulatory target range.
The decline in the sow herd indicates a gradual reduction in the sector’s production base, although current pork output remains above last year’s level.
PigUA.info, based on materials from 3tres3.com