Source: YAHOO FINANCE UK, 6/5/21

France will require anaesthesia for pigs facing castration starting next year For centuries, male pigs have been castrated to make them less aggressive and to ensure quality control. But French farmers are facing a deadline to end a painful practice that few consumers are still willing to accept. From January 2022, surgical castration will require anaesthesia, a complicating factor for the procedure that will inevitably increase production costs.

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