Up to 4 years of bureaucracy in France to set up a pig farm

Pig production in France is declining. Rising production costs and falling pork prices in 2021/2022, together with the continued increase in increasingly restrictive regulations and more red tape, led to a drop in volumes of -2% in a year. anus. This drop could have been even greater, if it had not been for the €350 million aid package launched by the French Ministry, according to the French inter-profession of pigs (Inaporc). The drop in production is expected to accelerate in 2023, as a consequence of the 2.6% reduction in the pig herd in 2022 compared to 2021. The self-sufficiency rate has been reduced from 105% in 2021 to 103% in 2022. However, pork remains France's favorite meat in 2022. Each inhabitant consumed more than 32 kg/year and it is even the only meat that has registered an increase in sales: +1.8% of total consumption in volume ( home + away from home) compared to 2021. In order to stop the drop in production and continue to have a positive self-sufficiency rate, ...