No impact so far as I can see. Rolled 25% again this week.have the government measures had an impact on the backlog yet? Are farmers slowing down production or just hoping for some light at the end of the tunnel?
I think now is the twilight zone where only those that are forced out with no other option would leave the industry. It's such a bad time now that you just have to keep going in the hope you make it out the other side.
We've decided not to ease back on production. The only way we could do that in such a way as to alleviate the current crisis is to cull live pigs. That's not something we want to do, nor have we yet been forced to do by circumstance. We are fortunate in that we have space to put excess pigs. Cash is the only thing that is likely to force our hand on that issue.
Stopping serving would only have an effect in 4 months time, but it's effect would be felt for years to come. If we did stop serving, or ease back sow numbers, I have no doubt that sod's law would ensure we had a dip in production just at the time the job comes right.