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<blockquote data-quote="Bill the Bass" data-source="post: 6501197" data-attributes="member: 1559"><p>The reason we import so much bacon is because Michael Joplin, a conservative mp got a bill through parliament to ban the use of stalls and tethers to house dry sows in the mid 90’s. Before this there was just shy of 1 million breeding sows in the uk which made us nearly 90% self sufficient in pork products. Just before the legislation was due to come into effect, the Japanese economic crisis happened and the global price of pork crashed, many pig producers were operating on prices of about 60% of the cost of production for an extended period of time because global pig cycles converged to amplify down pressure on price.</p><p></p><p>Faced with the huge capital cost of complying with the impending legislation and the collapse in price, many smaller and some large high profile producers left the industry and the sow herd dropped to about 500,000 in the space of around 2 years.</p><p></p><p>If you want someone to blame about the lack of uk pork and bacon blame the Tories, they left the industry high and dry. I have no doubt that in 20 years time we will be telling a similar story about British beef and lamb as a result of this Tory government and Brexit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill the Bass, post: 6501197, member: 1559"] The reason we import so much bacon is because Michael Joplin, a conservative mp got a bill through parliament to ban the use of stalls and tethers to house dry sows in the mid 90’s. Before this there was just shy of 1 million breeding sows in the uk which made us nearly 90% self sufficient in pork products. Just before the legislation was due to come into effect, the Japanese economic crisis happened and the global price of pork crashed, many pig producers were operating on prices of about 60% of the cost of production for an extended period of time because global pig cycles converged to amplify down pressure on price. Faced with the huge capital cost of complying with the impending legislation and the collapse in price, many smaller and some large high profile producers left the industry and the sow herd dropped to about 500,000 in the space of around 2 years. If you want someone to blame about the lack of uk pork and bacon blame the Tories, they left the industry high and dry. I have no doubt that in 20 years time we will be telling a similar story about British beef and lamb as a result of this Tory government and Brexit. [/QUOTE]
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