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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

40,000 pigs ‘culled and meat wasted’ due to industry crisis, farmers say

PA Wire

Farming needs “certainty, commitment and consistency” from the Government to avoid more crises like the one engulfing the pig industry, agricultural leaders are warning.

National Farmers’ Union president Minette Batters will tell her organisation’s conference in Birmingham on Tuesday that the crisis in pig farming is a “disgrace” and a “disaster” for the industry which could and should have been avoided.

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