Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 July 2018 (named day). It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Monday, 2 July 2018 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Pigs: Organic Farming
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of organic pig herds in the UK; and how many such herds there were in the UK five years ago.
- Answer
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Whilst Defra does not collect data directly on the number or size of pig herds, we do collect estimates of the total number of organic pigs and number of holdings with organic pigs in the UK.
The most recent estimate in the UK relates to 2017 data, where there were 58,787 organic pigs across 545 holdings, giving an average of 108 pigs per holding.
Five years prior to this in 2012, there were 34,567 organic pigs across 541 holdings, giving an average of 64 pigs per holding.
Secondary information
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- Written question
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- 157668
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Pigs Organic farming
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2018-07-02 12:22:04 +0100
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