According to the law, a pig weighing between 50 and 80 kilos must have 0.55 square meters of space in conventional farming. (Archive photo). Photo: Asger Ladefoged/Ritzau Scanpix
Report: More pig space won’t hurt the Danish economy
Increasing space for conventional Danish pigs by 50% by 2031 would cost society 4.8 billion DKK annually, according to a Kraka Economics report. Although this may impact individual farmers, Professor Lars Gårn Hansen notes that pig production currently costs society at least 15 billion DKK per...
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