date:May 13, 2014
eld Johannesen, Danish Crown's Group CEO.
Headwinds for Danish Crown pork producers include declining prices for pork. Also, outbreaks of swine fever in wild boar in Poland and Lithuania prompted Russia to ban pork imports from the European Union in February.
This is an extremely unfortunate situation, said Erik Bredholt, chairman of the Danish Crown board of directors. The outlook for the first half of 2014 was pretty good for the Danish pig producers, but the situation has now grown quite