Pig slaughter hits five million

By Paula Thompson
September 23 2016 - 7:30am
NUMBER SHORTAGE: Regular pig buyer at the Dublin market John McKay believes there could be a shortage of pig numbers leading up to Christmas.
NUMBER SHORTAGE: Regular pig buyer at the Dublin market John McKay believes there could be a shortage of pig numbers leading up to Christmas.

THE number of pigs slaughtered in Australia has hit the five million mark for the first time in almost a decade.

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