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Characteristics of backyard holdings

 Farm size varies Slaughter per month
(up to 150 pigs, typically 1-5 animals) both in, and not in slaughterhouses
 Large number of farms 1400
(in 2012 approx. 1.3 million registered holdings)
1200
● Officially registered and non-registered
● Roughly 55% of total number of pigs in 1000
Romania
 Tradition (Christmas pig) (about half of the total 800
slaughterings in the month of December, see
graph) 600
 Additional source of income 400

 Valorisation of household left-overs and corn
received as rent for land 200
 Inconclusive and not well monitored regulation 0

 Poor biosecurity 2014M01 2014M03 2014M05 2014M07 2014M09 2014M11 2015M01 2015M03 2015M05 2015M07 2015M09 2015M11 2016M01 2016M03 2016M05 2016M07 2016M09 2016M11 2017M01 2017M03 2017M05 2017M07 2017M09 2017M11 2018M01 2018M03 2018M05 2018M07 2018M09 2018M11 2019M01 2019M03 2019M05 2019M07 2019M09
 Source of piglets varies (both domestic and import)

 Substantial political relevance due to large
numbers of holdings Slaughter houses Not in slaughter houses Source: Eurostat

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