Tesco unveils £10m package for pig famers

Tesco has announced an extra £10 million in funding for UK pig farmers as the industry continues to struggled with rising on-farm costs such as wheat.

The Big 4 grocer’s move will see an suppliers increase payments to farmers by £6.6 million until August, bringing support for Tesco farmers to a total of £10 million since the start of March.

Since January, the grocer has taken an extra 32,000 pigs and plans to take a further 22,000 in the next months.

Grocery Gazette