Hog, poultry production up in Q4; cattle down

LIVESTOCK production was mixed in the fourth quarter of 2025, with hog, chicken, and chicken egg output growing on a seasonally adjusted basis and cattle production declining, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

- — Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel

The PSA reported that the seasonally adjusted volume of hog production in the fourth quarter rose 2% to 419,549 metric tons (MT) on a liveweight basis. The total had been 411,133 MT in the previous quarter.

This is the biggest quarterly increase in the hog industry since the fourth quarter of 2023.