Overview of This Week’s Pig Industry News
ANALYSIS – The EU directive partially banning sow stalls from January 2013 has much to commend it but the impacts on the pig meat market may have been overlooked or underestimated, writes Jackie Linden. According to a new report, pig production in the EU could to fall by between five and 10 per cent as ‘significant numbers’ of producers quit the industry and one of the scenarios presented indicates a complete re–alignment of the industry across the Community. USDA now forecasts global pork production for 2012 to be around 104 million tonnes.
23 April 2012
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