Polish pork sold at its highest price in seven years in December, following a 13.5 percent year-on-year rise, according to data from the Central Statistical Office.

“This is a result of lower supply fueled by a shrinking number of pigs,” Danuta Zawadzka from the Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics, told Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Ms Zawadzka added that pig herding has become less profitable for producers in the light of very high feed prices, and as a result Polish producers are breeding less pigs.

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