Barbaric Pork, Press The Price of Thai Pork
Barbaric pork, press the price of Thai pork President of the Swine Raising Club, Chachoengsao Province, stated that “wild pigs” pushed the price of Thai pork beyond the line, with a loss of about 70 baht per kilogram. Calling the state to prevent smuggling seriously
Today (February 22, 2023), Veterinarian Worawut Siripun, President of the Swine Raising Club, Chachoengsao Province, revealed that the situation of the pig price in front of the farm has been falling for several weeks. Currently, the average is 84-88 baht per kilogram.
But the actual selling price was lowered to about 70 baht per kilogram. While the average production cost is 100.07 baht per kilogram. which is the result of illegal pigs that have flooded the city
The selling at the front of the farm is currently at a sharp drop. This clearly reflects the amount of illegal pork that has spread in the market despite the constant signal to the state that illegal pork is still littering the city.
Although last year around 1 million kilograms of illegal pigs were caught, it was only 5% of the outbreak in the market. therefore wanting to prevent the importation of illegal pork For the health of consumers who may be at risk with pigs that have not passed the disease test.
and not to disturb the market Press down on the price of Thai farmers to the point of suffering a loss like this. Which if the situation is allowed to be like this indefinitely It will not be good for Thai pig farmers.
Veterinarian Worawut said that preventing illegal pigs from entering the country should be intercepted from the entrance at the pier Recently, the Customs Department reported that it will open more than 1,000 containers stuck in Laem Chabang Port to inspect illegal items.
Since February 23, it is considered to help prevent illegal pigs from spilling into the market. by asking the Customs Department to speed up opening “Cold storage cabinets” which are often places to hide illegal pigs for years and believe that government officials will definitely find illegal pigs in the cabinet.
However, farmers could not sell in front of the farm at the announced by the association due to the price pressure. It is indirectly forcing farmers to be forced to sell at a loss. Because if not sold, it is necessary to keep raising pigs.
While the cost of animal feed raw materials is rising. increase the cost of rearing Farmers have to decide to sell. It’s a sympathetic situation. So I want government officials to speed up the purging, arresting and preventing new lots of illegal pigs.
For the price of live pigs in front of the farm According to the report of the National Association of Swine Raisers. The Buddhist monk’s day, February 19, 2023, compared of the previous Buddhist monk’s day (February 13), found that there was a continuous downward trend.
The main cause was identified as the problem of smuggled illegal pork from abroad. Causing to announce a reduction as a front of the farm in every region