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High prices for inputs such as energy and feed have led many pig farmers in Denmark to reduce their production of finishing pigs or close down, which has led to a significant decrease in slaughtering at Danish Crown's slaughterhouses. As a result, the company plans to reduce slaughter capacity at two of its slaughterhouses, Sæby and Ringsted, and to dismiss more than 350 workers.
Danish Crown experienced a large increase in pig supplies following the outbreak of African swine fever in Germany two years ago. This created the need to add several hundred new jobs at slaughterhouses across the country, but the current record-high feed and energy costs are causing many farmers to slow down or shut down production altogether.
September 15, 2022/ Danish Crown/ Denmark.
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