We’ve written frequently about the effect of increased commodity prices on farming in the UK – but only in general terms. In The Scotsman today, however, we get chapter and verse on the disaster hitting pig growers. In the mid-1990s, the paper tells us, there were 70,000 breeding sows in Scotland. The total is now down to little more than 45,000 animals...
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Friday, 15 February 2008
A dose of reality
