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Weekly Overview: EU Countries with Sow Stalls Will Feel the Heat
2013-02-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - The authorities in the European Union are beginning to put pressure on those Member States where stalls are still in use for sows throughout their pregnancy, with nine countries receiving warning letters from the European Commission last week. As a result of the new regulations, high feed prices and other factors, German pig meat production was 2.5 per cent lower last year than in 2011 and producers in Australia are forecasting another difficult year. When it is so hard to make money from pigs, producers might consider diversifying into renewable energy; the topic was discussed at recent conference in the UK.
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