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Several mayors are frustrated with the rules for expanding pig production and say municipalities should have far more say. Agriculture & Food Denmark warns it would lead to unequal treatment.

Frustrated mayors: »We have no way to say no to more pigs«

It has become far too easy for pig farmers to expand their production, several mayors and advocacy groups say. Foto: Lærke Berg-pedersen
It has become far too easy for pig farmers to expand their production, several mayors and advocacy groups say. Foto: Lærke Berg-pedersen
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In one municipality, officials feel »taken hostage«; in another, they feel »tied on hands and feet«.

A number of mayors are deeply frustrated with the rules governing expansions of livestock operations and want greater say – and the right to intervene – when, for example, a pork producer wants to increase production.

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