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No light at the end of the tunnel for pig sector

Tens of thousands of pigs are backing up on UK farms as processors cut slaughter numbers due to a lack of staff to butcher and process them.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
clock 鈥� 2 min read
No light at the end of the tunnel for pig sector

Tens of thousands of pigs are backing up on UK farms as processors cut slaughter numbers due to a lack of staff to butcher and process them. Falling prices, soaring costs and concerns about looming...

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