German pig producers in limbo

An official scientific advice has sent a shiver through Germany’s pig industry recently. The country would have to adopt much stricter pig welfare regulations, it said. The big question is – what to invest in now? Just to start at the beginning – the opinion was launched earlier this year by the German ministry for food and agriculture (BMEL)’s advisory council. Its message: the German pig industry should really start stepping up its minimum welfare standards. To quote the German pig