Saving the bacon: will British pig farmers survive a ban on cages?

An end to UK pig confinement is in sight, but producers fear they will be left carrying the cost of high-welfare options in the face of cheap importsAfter more than a decade trialling the removal of pig cages on her Yorkshire farm, Vicky Scott has lost confidence in being able to make it permanent.Doing so would require building a new shed to create enough space to freely house all her pigs, she says. "No one will pay for this. They [the retailers] want products as cheap as chips and consumers want cheap meat.' Continue reading...