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NPA PIG seeks way forward amid ‘nightmare’ market turmoil
0The unprecedented uncertainty facing many independent pig producers over where their pigs are going in a few months’ time dominated the NPA’s latest Pig Industry Group (PIG) meeting. There could be as many as 10,000 pigs per week with nowhere to go in the autumn, following the wave of cuts made by the major processors in recent months. “It’s a nightmare,” said one PIG producer member. “This is as bad a situation as I’ve never known. “Producers are so upset and traumatised because they basically don’t know if they can sell their pigs in three or four months’ time -…