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Weekly Overview: Pig Industry's Contribution to Global Greenhouse Gases

2014-06-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Among the interesting new information presented at the World Meat Congress in Beijing reported by ThePigSite Editor-in-Chief, Chris Harris, is that the pig sector is responsible for less than 10 per cent of the carbon dioxide-equivalents produced by the world's livestock. Animal welfare is becoming a major trade issue, the Congress also heard.

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