UK - While UK clean pig slaughterings in January were reported by Defra to be level with the calendar month in 2016, this was due to there being an extra working day in January 2017 compared with 2016.When the slaughtering figures are adjusted so they can be compared on a like for like basis, they are seen to be over 5 per cent lower than a year earlier at 849,600 head. Overall, this continues the trend of lower slaughterings seen in previous months, driven by the fall in the size of the breeding herd that occurred last year.

　　根据英国环境、食品和农村事务部报告，由于2017年1月的工作日比2016年1月多一天，因此英国2017年1月的阉割公猪的屠宰数本应更高，可实际还是与2016年1月的水平相当。之所以这样调整屠宰数据，是为了让他们在可比的基础上进行比较，从数字来看，一月数据宛然比去年同期减少了5%之多，达到84.96万头。总的来说，受2016年育种猪群规模减小的影响，过去几个月的生猪屠宰量越来蕴洹，趋势还在潞傍。