Lack of processing facilities is becoming a greater challenge for pig producers especially smaller scale farmers.

Louise Nichols
Updated July 15 2020 - 6:22pm, first published 6:20pm
Free range Large White cross sows at Coquon Farm Gosforth near Maitland. Photo supplied.
Free range Large White cross sows at Coquon Farm Gosforth near Maitland. Photo supplied.

Once regional centres throughout the state each had their own abattoir often owned by councils or operated as co-operatives.

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Louise Nichols

Louise Nichols

Senior journalist

From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.