Tail Challenge successfully completed: 100% long tails at participating farms

After two years, the Tail Challenge project has been successfully completed. The project provided valuable practical experience in rearing pigs with uncut tails. A key outcome is that all participating farms now rear 100 per cent of their pigs with long tails.

The Tail Challenge was co-funded by the European Union and carried out by Best Star Meat Pork B.V., Compaxo and seven pig farms. The project was in line with the Dutch pig farming sector’s ambition to stop tail-docking by 2030 at the latest.