Good morning!
For the first time since 1979 there are fewer than 10 million pigs in the Netherlands. This year there are 9.96 million pigs, more than 5 percent less than last year. That reports the CBS this morning. Since 2019, the number of pigs has been shrinking every year.
That decrease has everything to do with the schemes that are available for farmers who want to stop their business. Compared to ten years ago, almost half of the pig farmers stopped. Among the stoppers are mainly small companies: two -thirds of the farmers with at most 500 pigs have stopped.
Because the number of large companies has remained stable, on average it has become a lot busier in the remaining pig stables. On average, there are now five thousand pigs per farmer, 50 percent more than in 2015.
This was further noticeable in the news this morning:
- If it is up to the London Stock Exchange Group, the traditional gong stroke with which the Beursdag will open. According to the Financial Times The stock market operator is considering the stock trade 24 hours a day possible to make. Such an infinite trading day would match the wishes of private investors, who mainly act through apps and want to do that at any time of the day. Moreover, the trade in crypto currency has been running 24 hours a day.
- We stay in the United Kingdom for a while: the British government is looking for a way out of a conflict with the American. Central to this is a British law that demands that Apple gives information services access to encrypted data to combat terrorism and child abuse. The American tech company refuses that, because such a back door weakens security for all users worldwide. Now reports the Ft that the British will probably withdraw their back door requirement To not get into a fight with the Trump government.
- And looking ahead: Schiphol is expected to experience its busiest day today of the year, with 86,000 travelers. The airport counts this summer vacation on 7 percent more passengers than last year. Most holiday flyers go to Spain, the UK and Greece. That will not be often with Ryanair, because that society hardly flies from Schiphol, but today comes with quarterly figures.