Latest figures from BPEX show that pig production in the UK is still too high, although the fall in the value of Sterling and a new initiative to combat PWMS should go some considerable way to redressing the problem.
BPEX has just published its Pig Cost of Production report for 2007, which was prepared mostly before the vaccination campaign began, and it shows that of many countries in the world, Britain came second only to Parma ham producers in Italy in terms of cost of production.
The survey covers not only Europe but also Brazil, Canada and shows that in 2007 overall production costs in the UK rose by 12% mostly due to higher feed costs. This was also the average increase across Europe.