Danish producers are enjoying an export boom to the German market. But poor economic returns, strict environmental legislation and high taxes are pushing the trend to larger units
by NORMAN DUNN
Squeezed by the recession and with increasingly tighter environmental restraints to production, Danish swine farmers are considering a number of strategies for future survival. Options range from specializing in piglet production, creating a worldwide export market for Danish hybrid sows or doing what the Danes have always done well – staying with bacon and pork production at home.