AGRICULTURE NEWS - This was according to Johann Kotzé, CEO of the South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO), who spoke during the organisation’s media day in December 2022.
Kotzé added that 2022 had been one of the worst years in the history of South Africa’s pork sector, “even more so than 2017/18 [during the listeriosis outbreak]”.
While the pork sector grew organically by 9% in 2022, it lost around 20 000 sows due to farmers exiting the sector. The main reason for this exodus was a combination of high feed prices and low farm-gate prices, Kotzé said.
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