Pig population down by 26% in 2022, largest drop in EU

Malta, along with Bulgaria, saw the largest decrease in relative pig population in the EU in 2022, according to Eurostat data.The local pig population shrank by 26% between December 2021 and December 2022, as did Bulgaria's.“It’s no surprise,” the general manager of the Pig Breeders’ Cooperative Society, Oliver Frendo said.“At the beginning of this year,...