UK pig producers in deep trouble 05 Oct 2007

Kay said that in addition to high feed costs and low pig prices, the UK producers face the consequences of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), causing transports to be halted for a long time.


Packed
Slaughterhouses and cold stores are packed with meat supplies, he said - producers cannot go anywhere with their animals.


He said he could not confirm the truth of a suggestion by Farmers for Action, that pig producers would be shooting their own piglets from despair.


Related websites:
• National Pig Association 
• Farmers for Action 
• Agrarisch Dagblad (in Dutch) 


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