Belgium: 175 pig farmers voluntarily gave up their production for compensation of 22 million euros

Two phases of the pig farm programme The Flemish Land Agency (VLM) has made pig farms an offer of voluntary exit in two phases. In the first phase, thousands of pig farms were covered by the regulation. In the second phase, with slightly modified requirements, another 2,700 companies were eligible. 182,000 fewer pigs in Flanders 175 companies have decided to accept the offer and stop pig farming. The managers who want to leave are on average 57 years old. 156 of them were in the first phase. Together they kept around 182,000 pigs. It is said that companies ...