Danish finding pig improvement everywhere

Just when you think that improvement in pig growth efficiency might have reached a zenith, Denmark finds ways to further increase output. Last year, Denmark’s minister of agriculture, social democrate Dan Jørgensen, announced far-reaching legislation to achieve more animal welfare in the country’s pig stables. Earlier this year, for instance, a special international conference on pig welfare was organised. One of the elements he called for was to reduce pre-weaning mortality. Half a