The Spanish pig sector has sparked a lot of interest here over the past number of years, for a lot of reasons.

It’s shown impressively fast growth to become the largest pork producer in Europe.  It’s demonstrated remarkable resilience during the recent financial crisis, with only a slight reduction in herd size.

Plus there’s the scale of its vertically integrated systems, as well its continually strong pig prices.

As a result, representatives of the Teagasc pig stakeholder group recently travelled to Spain on a study trip to find out first-hand what we need to know about the industry.

Jason McGrath is a pig farmer from county Waterford who was on the trip and Amy Quinn spoke to him for the latest episode of the Pig Edge podcast to find out more.

For more episodes and information from the Pig Edge podcast go to: 

https://www.teagasc.ie/animals/pigs/the-pig-edge-podcast/  

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