Europe's biggest pork producer, Danish Crown, said on Thursday it would cut 350 jobs at two factories in Denmark as a result of declining supplies from ...
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Danish Crown is cutting jobs at two slaughterhouses as higher input costs reduce the number of pigs for culling.
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Europe's largest pork producer says it will lay off 350 workers at two slaughterhouses as pig farmers cope with rising feed and energy costs.
Now, however, the record-high costs of feed and energy have driven many farmers to scale down or even shut down production completely,” the company said in a statement. Over the years, we have in fact succeeded in helping more than 90% of affected employees transition to new employment or training in the span of six months.” “Two years ago, Danish Crown saw a major increase in supplies on the back of the outbreak of African swine fever in Germany.
Danish Crown, Denmark's largest producer of meat, is to release 350 employees due to financial challenges, the company said.
Statistics Denmark figures show that the number of pigs in Denmark fell by almost one million during the last year. Danish Crown said it will invite released staff to interviews to discuss future options. These have caused many farmers to scale back or stop production of pigs for meat production.