Danes aiming for 35 piglets per sow per year

Denmark needs to specialise to stay competitive in the long run. The country therefore should specialise in what it is good at. Martin Andersson, pig expert at the Danish Agriculture and Food Council, explained the Danish outlooks at Agromek-Livestock, held 24-28 November 2009, in Herning, Denmark. By Stuart Lumb The Danish pig industry is a major contributor to Denmark’s export earnings but this fact seems to have been lost on most Danes. Danes should be thanking their pig producers but