Pigs: Only in the supporting role

Pig breeding is of great importance to Austrian agriculture as a whole: a good 2.9 million animals live on around 25,600 farms. Even with an overall declining consumer behavior, pork still represents the main part of the domestic meat offer.

However, it looks a little different around Lake Wolfgang. As already mentioned, species-appropriate animal breeding should not least rely on high-quality, natural food. Pigs feed mainly on grain that is grown on suitable arable land. Due to the climatic conditions, maize, for example, thrives particularly well in the lower regions of Upper and Lower Austria and Styria. In contrast, higher altitudes and the nature of the soil make it difficult to grow fodder for pig breeding. But our ruminants are all the more happy about the lush meadows that the region offers them! (see. http://www.rund-ums-schwein.at/index.php?id=wirschaftliche_bedeutung)