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.

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.

Seasonally adjusted volumes, which strip out the effect of factors like trader demand, disease outbreaks, and natural calamities, show the underlying trends in production, allowing for clearer comparisons across quarters.

Seasonally adjusted chicken production in the fourth quarter increased 0.5% to 585,260 MT (liveweight). The total had come in at 582,333 MT a quarter earlier.

The fourth-quarter increase in chicken production posted the slowest growth since the fourth quarter of 2024.

The PSA said seasonally adjusted chicken egg production in the fourth quarter was up 4% at 220,628 MT, after posting a total of 212,061 MT in the third quarter.

Meanwhile, cattle production declined on a seasonally adjusted basis, falling 2.5% to 56,852 MT (liveweight). The quarter-earlier total had been 58,308 MT. — Vonn Andrei E. Villamiel