Postscript: pigs not in space, but crates, for ever. Following the 2020 judicial review of farrowing crate regulations that found them to be unlawful and invalid, the then Labour Government passed interim regulations to give farmers five years to transition away from crate use. At the end of that specified period, little progress had been made, meaning no further extensions could be given. That left the National government and pig farmers in a pickle: no progress made, no le
