The importance of pig breeding on a global scale indicates the share of pork in its total consumption. According to the USDA (2016) consists of meat consumption in the world of pork 40.1%, from 34.1% poultry, beef from 20.0% and 4.7% of sheep and goat. Pigs with a share of 19.5% of the total of 5,061 million livestock were in 2014 the fourth most numerous species. In 2014, 60% of pigs bred and 57% of pork produced in Asia, where there is 60% of the population and one third of agricultural land area of the planet. Like in the world is also the most popular in the EU pork, whose average per capita consumption was 33.0 kilograms in 2015. Between 1990 and 2015, the slaughtering of pigs and pork production in the EU-15 increased by 24 and 34%; while in the Czech Republic decreased. In the period from 1990 to 2016 decreased number of pigs and sows in the Czech Republic on 34 and 31% and production of pigs and pork at 30 and 34%. One of the causes the unfavorable development pig and pork production may be greater increase in consumer prices than pork farmer pig prices. Among the main factors that decide about the efficiency of production, includes a large number of weaned piglets from one sow per year and high weight gain, and others.