Flemish Action Plan for Current Crisis
BELGIUM - The Flemish government has launched a major new action plan to support the pig farming sector, which will not only help it through the current crisis but also, in the words of agriculture minister,...

Half of Producers Will Not Convert Sow Stalls
BELGIUM - About half of the nation's producers have no plans to convert to group housing for sows.

New IPPC Proposals Would Harm EU Producers
BELGIUM - Copa-Cogeca, the association of European Farmers and European Agri-Cooperatives, has warned Members of the European Parliament about the negative impacts of the proposed IPPC environmental...

Belgian Campaign Starts to End Castration
BELGIUM - A journalist is calling for a ban on the castration of male pigs, which, he says, is a producedure only carried out in his country because of exports to Germany.

Belgian Authorities Respond to Critical Welfare Report
BELGIUM - The Belgian authorities have responded with new measures following an audit carried out by the European Commission DG SANCO into the welfare of layers, calves and pigs last year.