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Pork Environmental Roadmap highlights progress made by pig sector in reducing carbon footprint

The pig sector accounts for 4% of the total UK agriculture emissions with pigs delivering the largest proportional reduction in emissions intensity of any major livestock sector since 1990

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News and business reporter
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Pork Environmental Roadmap highlights progress made by pig sector in reducing carbon footprint

The pig sector has seen an 18% reduction in carbon footprint between 2008 and 2023, driven by long-term advances in efficiency, particularly feed efficiency, productivity and innovation across the supply...

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