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The CEO of one of the biggest pork producers in the US says a new pig-farming law in California could lead to pork prices rising by up to 50%. "We would estimate that you could see initial prices up as high as 30% to 50%."
The animal-welfare law, proposition 12, set to come into effect next year, requires farmers to give more space to egg-laying chickens, veal calves, and breeding pigs.
Pork prices could spike 50% thanks to a new animal-welfare law that says pigs must have more space, one of the US' biggest producers says
The animal-welfare law, proposition 12, set to come into effect next year, requires farmers to give more space to egg-laying chickens, veal calves, and breeding pigs.
Pork prices could spike 50% thanks to a new animal-welfare law that says pigs must have more space, one of the US' biggest producers says