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Stark drop in pig numbers

Pig industry figures have called on Government to provide some 鈥榩roper support鈥� to halt the decline in production as the industry contracts.

Alex Black
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Stark drop in pig numbers

Pig industry figures have called on Government to provide some 鈥榩roper support鈥� to halt the decline in production as the industry contracts. New anonymised data from AgroVision, shared with the National...

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