Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis’, was a striking headline in the Financial Times last year. The article examined the poor growth in the UK economy in recent years and tried to find answers. Well, they should have looked at what the British pig industry has achieved over the past three decades. They would certainly have been impressed and hopefully inspired by what has happened, despite numerous challenges and crises along the way. Individual farming families and companies have invested heavily in pig production, sometimes with the support of customers and sometimes without it. The result has been…