What many in the sector hoped was just a temporary rough start to the year due to an oversupply of pigs and difficult trading conditions has now, very obviously, failed to improve. By the week of the British Pig & Poultry Fair, it was painfully apparent how dire the situation facing the sector was continuing to become. At that point, the pig backlog was still an issue, with carcase weights stubbornly stuck at 95kg. Since then, this has thankfully pretty much dissipated. However, the increased throughput of pigs being sold onto an already saturated market, plus the effect of the…