Denmark's pig - modern, efficient, constantly changing and with problems The Danish pork production is one of the leistungsfähigtsen in the world. 30.5 piglets per sow and year are sold in the country average. And rising 40% of piglets in the foreign country be sold, because for reasons of environmental protection, the pig on the existing small surface is limited. Denmark has a cooperatively organized Battle company , that 95 % market share in the land of has a powerful battle, processing and marketing company, the is in third place in the world . A self-sufficiency rate of nearly 640% a strong export sector is required. Danish pork in all importing countries of the world is actually sold. The strong dependency on exports means that the different customer needs in diverse forms of production must be taken into consideration. A own Danish research facility for the production of pork ensures that new methods be tried and developed practice ready. SPF-pigs are free of specific diseases. Antibiotics monitoring leads to madness significant decline in usage to zero. Sows and pigs are free-running with access to straw . 10% of the farrowing sows are no longer kept 8 days after birth in cages, but can move freely in the farrowing. Animals on straw are kept for certain deliveries to the UK . Bacon pigs are bred especially for the UK market and accordingly fattened. Disclaimer on piglet castration and tail cuts are in the research and testing phase. But increasing extent, the problem is that in growing pig export, the pig in the back is. The utilization of the slaughter and processing capacity is always critical. In recent times trying higher pork prices to make less attractive exports to the continent. The export of slaughter pigs has already fallen to a minimum. Transport of live pigs in the country are due to the short distances Less than 4 hours up to the slaughterhouse on the road. The protective measures against the introduction of diseases and epidemics have highest priority. Transport vehicles must be disinfected at the border crossing. Trucks with pig transport in regions with the African swine fever such as such as Poland should hit for 14 days no pig-holding companies. Schweinefleischbranche has in Denmark with a share 15% a high priority in the economy as a whole. Unlike in Germany, collectively caused high wages are paid in the slaughter and processing industry. The reputation of the pork industry in the Danish company is much higher than in many other countries.
