In general, the price of live pigs increased and decreased by 1,000 VND/kg last week. Currently, the surveyed price in the provinces fluctuates between 61,000 - 66,000 VND/kg. Although pork is consumed a lot, Vietnamese people do not know that 1kg of pork emits 4.84kg of CO2.
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| Pig price today, August 18: slight increase and decrease. (Source: Ausfarm) |
Pig price today 18/8
*Pig price in the North:
In the Northern pig market, purchasing prices remained stable last week.
Currently, the two provinces of Lao Cai and Ninh Binh are implementing a common pork price of 64,000 VND/kg - recording the lowest price in the region.
Slightly higher price is in the provinces of Yen Bai, Nam Dinh, Thai Nguyen, Thai Binh and Ha Nam , with price of 65,000 VND/kg.
The remaining localities continue to set prices unchanged.
Today's live pig price in the North is around 64,000 - 66,000 VND/kg.
Hai Duong will inject 60,500 doses of vaccine to prevent African swine fever in all localities in the province. The number of doses of vaccine is compiled by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development based on registrations from localities.
Of which, Binh Giang district was allocated the most with about 9,000 doses, Thanh Mien district the least with about 2,700 doses. In addition, localities continue to review and specifically and accurately count the total pig herd, pork herd; the need for vaccination for pork herd to carry out centralized purchasing and organize synchronous vaccination at the same time.
District level allocates funds to purchase African swine fever vaccine, vaccination costs and carry out centralized and synchronous vaccination for pigs in high-risk areas, household livestock farms, and small-scale farms.
Organizations and individuals raising livestock farms (medium and large scale) should proactively prevent African swine fever and vaccinate their pigs according to the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Vaccination will be carried out simultaneously after localities have purchased African swine fever vaccines.
The province has allocated funds for training on African swine fever vaccination techniques, technical measures to prevent and control epidemics, and purchase of supplies and chemicals, Hai Duong Newspaper reported.
*Pig price in the Central Highlands region
Last week, live pigs in the Central Highlands were adjusted in opposite directions by 1,000 VND/kg.
After a slight increase of 1,000 VND/kg, the three provinces of Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Khanh Hoa all implemented the price of live pigs at 63,000 VND/kg.
On the contrary, the price of live pigs in Lam Dong recorded a decrease of 1,000 VND/kg, down to 63,000 VND/kg.
Traders in the remaining localities still trade live pigs at unchanged prices.
Currently, the price of live pigs in the Central and Central Highlands regions is around 61,000 - 64,000 VND/kg.
*Pig price in the Southern region
In the Southern region, the price of live pigs decreased by 1,000 VND/kg in many places.
In particular, Dong Thap adjusted the price of live pigs to the lowest level in the region at 61,000 VND/kg - equal to Vinh Long.
At the same time, live pigs in the provinces of Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai, Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Tien Giang were purchased at a common price of 62,000 VND/kg.
In Tay Ninh and Hau Giang, traders traded live pigs at a common price of 63,000 VND/kg.
Currently, the purchase price in the South fluctuates between 61,000 - 64,000 VND/kg.
* As the 6th largest consumer country in the world, Vietnamese people eat nearly 34kg of pork every year. But few people know that 1kg of pork emits 4.84kg of CO2 into the environment.
According to the US Department of Agriculture, from 2021-2023, Vietnam ranked 6th among the countries with the highest market share of pork production in the world. Among the 10 countries with the largest pork consumption in the world, Vietnam ranked 6th.
If the average weight of a standard pig for sale is 90kg, a pig emits about 438kg of CO2 equivalent, meaning that every 1kg of pork emits about 4.84kg of CO2 equivalent into the environment.
Thus, with the number of pigs we produce fluctuating around 50 million per year, the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from pig farming is the largest in the industry, about 22 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
In the Draft Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 06/2022/ND-CP dated January 7, 2022 of the Government regulating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and protection of the ozone layer, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has added the livestock industry (pigs, cows) to the list of establishments required to inventory greenhouse gases.
According to the draft, farms with a regular scale of 3,000 pigs or more will have to conduct greenhouse gas inventories. That is, thousands of pig farms in our country will have to conduct inventories, then reduce emissions according to the assigned quota.
Mr. Pham Kim Dang, Deputy Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), said that a part of the waste in the pig farming industry is treated as organic fertilizer or used as input material for biogas systems to create renewable energy, raise insects, etc.
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