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Top 40 pork producers worldwide 2021

17 June 2021

A recent ranking developed by Genesus discloses the list of the world’s top pork producers with over 100,000 sows as of late 2020. The ranking includes 40 companies with a total of 16.5 million sows, a significant increase as compared to the previous year’s ranking containing 34 companies with 11.6 million sows in total.

The list clearly shows the rise of Chinese pork producers due to heavy investments in the recovery of China’s pig industry affected by African Swine Fever. Altogether, Chinese companies increased their sow numbers by 5 million heads as compared to the previous year. There have been almost no changes in the sow numbers outside China.

# Name Country Number of sows in 2019 Number of sows in 2020
1 Muyuan Foodstuff Co., Ltd. China 1,282,200 2,624,000
2 Wens Group China 1,300,000 1,800,000
3 Smithfield Foods/WH Group USA 1,240,000 1,225,000
4 Zhengbang Group China 500,000 1,200,000
5 New Hope Group China 500,000 1,200,000
6 Charoen Pokphand Foods Thailand 1,150,000 1,180,000
7 Techbank Food Co., Ltd China 200,000 500,000
8 Triumph Foods USA 492,000 443,200
9 Sichuan Dekon Group China 100,000 400,000
10 BRF S.A. Brazil 388,500 388,500
11 Pipestone System USA 385.000 384,000
12 Seaboard Foods USA 345,000 340,000
13 Twins Group China 200,000 250,000
14 Yangxiang China 150,000 250,000
15 Cooperl France 245,000 245,000
16 Iowa Select Farms USA 242,500 242,500
17 DaBeiNong China 103,000 230,000
18 COFCO China 250,000 220,000
19 Vall Companys Group Spain 213,000 213,000
20 Seara Foods Brazil 213,000 213,000
21 Aonong Group China new on list 200,000
22 The Maschhoffs USA 186,000 187,000
23 Miratorg Russia 150,000 180,000
24 Aurora Alimentos COOP Brazil 180,000 180,000
25 Prestage Farms USA 180,000 178,000
26 JBS USA 168,000 169,000
27 Carthage System USA 185,000 165,600
28 Jiahe Agricultural China new on list 160,000
29 AMVC Management Services USA 149,000 152,000
30 Costa Food Group Spain 130,000 150,000
31 Agrosuper Chile 140,000 140,000
32 Tecon China new on list 135,000
33 Olymel Canada 106,000 134,000
34 HyLife Ltd./Charoen Canada new on list 132,000
35 Betagro Thailand 130,000 130,000
36 Rusagro Russia 126,000 125,000
37 Frimesa Cooperativa Central Brazil 120,000 120,000
38 Country View Farms/Clemens Food Group USA 110,000 111,000
39 Elephant Agriculture China new on list 100,000
40 TRS Group China new on list 100,000