Last year, United Kingdom pig slaughterings were their highest since 2002, at 9.8m head — up six percent on the previous year.
Scotland recorded the strongest growth, up 12 percent on the previous year. Northern Ireland was up five percent.
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Official figures no longer cover sow slaughterings, but Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board estimates 250,000 culls were killed during 2011, 13 percent more than in 2010.
Wednesday February 1, 2012/ NPA/ United Kingdom.
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