A small country with a big pig footprint

Belgium houses over 6 million pigs in an area as big as Maryland. Mind you – the pig density gets even bigger knowing that virtually the entire pig business happens in Flanders, the northern part of the country. How can the country’s success be explained and how will it keep its leading position? One of the most well-known additions to the world of pig genetics, hails from Belgium: the Piétrain pig. Remarkably, however, the breed originated in the country’s southern, French speaking part