Market warnings at world pork talks

A SIGNIFICANT drop in worldwide pig production will cause a dramatic meat price rise, unless pig processors work with consumers, the food service sector, and retailers, in order to increase prices paid to farmers.

That was the message from the 4th International Meat Secretariat World Pork Conference in Nanjing, China, attended by representatives of the Canadian Pork Council, British Pig Executive, South African Pork Producers Organisation, New Zealand Pork Industry Board, Australian Pork Ltd, Dutch Union of Pig farmers, the LTO, the Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture and the French Porcine National Federation.

Delegates said a large number of farmers are already leaving the pig industry, and more will follow.