The fire plant Campofrío not raise pig prices – HOME

The fire plant Campofrío not raise pig prices – HOME

Plant Campofrío, Burgos, after the fire. / Santi Otero (EFE)

Market prices of pigs have remained in the last week a position of stability. Faced with widespread fears in the sector by the fire at the plant Campofrío, the first operator in the sector, there was a repetition of prices in the market of Lleida considered the market benchmark.

the pig sector accounts annually slaughter 40 million animals with an output of about 3.5 million tons of meat. Of this amount, about 1.5 million pigs slaughtered corresponds to Campofrío. Although fire industrial plant produced and processed in the company has continued to operate the slaughterhouse to the distribution of production meat in other plants.

The farmers have been able to able to output your time animals. The Burgos company eliminated from the outset all kinds of uncertainty maintaining compliance sale contracts where there is a clear predominance of the Castilian community farms in Leon. This purchase warrant assumed normal in the sector and prevented the collapse of markets which are already at low levels of contributions, in part, by the Russian veto.

The company Campofrío, from its commitment to lift again Burgos plant maintains its strategy of continuing priority support productive activity within 100 mile radius from the industry for cost savings

The oil yields

The olive oil prices have started a line of falls after a period of six months of permanent uploaded since last spring which represented a cumulative increase of over 40%.

This cut would respond to a predicted harvest lower, but higher than expected, as well as a drop in exports and domestic consumption by rising prices. Quotes for medium quality lamp oil rose from 1.65 to 1.70 euros per kilo in May to 2.65 euros in recent weeks. But already begun to sag.

Facing the previous year 1.8 million tonnes which represented a record, the current season about to begin, it is estimated, according to data handled by the production sector, Andalusian and Agriculture, between 780,000 to 825,000 tons, while, for industrial harvest could exceed 900,000 tonnes. For the purposes of availability to meet the needs of markets, this figure a stock is added to the beginning of the season to October 1 of 500,000 tonnes and imports expected from additional 100,000 tons. This would give a total of between 1.45 and 1.59 million tonnes.