France, pigs and 2013

Walking around at the annual livestock show SPACE in Rennes, I wondered how France is doing with regard to the imminent 2013 group housing legislation for sows? One hears stories about Southern Europe still lagging behind in conversion figures – but where does France fit in? The truth is, the French themselves sound pretty optimistic. Some ‘departements’ in France’s pig production region Brittany are really well on the way, I’m told – as already as much as 30% of