Pigs flock to the Spanish sun

A Spanish pig farm in the municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, in North Eastern Spain. Expansion is no longer an option in that area. - Photos: Ronald Hissink
A Spanish pig farm in the municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, in North Eastern Spain. Expansion is no longer an option in that area. - Photos: Ronald Hissink
Pig farming in the Netherlands and Germany is declining due to a combination of environmental and animal welfare rules and an aging farming population. Spain is gladly taking over the production run-off in North Western Europe. While pig production is shrinking in the Netherlands and Germany, it is booming in Spain. Rabobank’s latest quarterly update states that Spain produced 9% more pork in 2020 than in the previous year. That isn’t a new development. In recent years, Spain has rapidly be


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