Pig production: Land use vs. cost to animal welfare, 2024

Welfare cost is based on the quantity of years lived weighted by quality-of-life scores from detailed welfareassessments. A positive "welfare cost" is bad: it means there is a cost to animal welfare. A negative value indicatesbenefits to welfare.

Welfare cost (negative = good, positive = bad)-2-1.5-1-0.500.511.52Land use (per kilogram deadweight)20 m²Free rangeNo labelOrganicRSPCARed TractorWoodland

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    Pig production: Land use vs. cost to animal welfare

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