07/10/21 Calls for financial support for pig farmers
The SNP calls on the Government to provide financial support to help the pig industry.
The SNP calls on the Government to provide financial support to help the pig industry.
Hundreds of pigs have already been culled. This is down to a lack of butchers in processing plants which means they鈥檙e taking fewer pigs. The National Pig Association says 120,000 extra animals remain on farms, and farmers are running out of space. They say a cull is a last resort, and if pigs have to be shot on the farm they鈥檙e then have to incinerated as they鈥檙e not allowed into the food chain. We hear from Scottish farmers.
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