Back to the future for UK pig producers

Brexit, Covid-19 and new free trade agreements have not exactly made for heartwarming longer term prospects for the pig industry in the United Kingdom. In a way, the situation is much like it was in 2000 when stricter welfare rules were introduced, leaving the domestic market vulnerable to cheap imports. Will the same thing happen again? The UK pig industry made headlines in the UK press in the autumn of 2021 – but for the wrong reasons. A shortage of workers in abattoirs and cutting rooms