Arguably, Spain s most well-known export pork product is the pata negra, the black-hoofed premium hams. The country s pig industry has increasingly more to offer too. Photo: Ronald Hissink
Not only is Spain’s pig industry steeped in tradition with its cured hams, it also recently emerged as EU’s largest pig producing state. Time to take a closer look at the country of the pata negra and wonder – what’s behind its success? It was only a tiny news item in April 2016: Spain had taken the number 1 position in terms of pigs in the European Union. A tiny news item, perhaps, but in fact, it was quite a remarkable feat. Germany, for ages the largest pig-producing state in Europe,
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