Tesco to pay out more to pig farmers as industry warns of ‘critical’ situation

Extra 6.6m in support takes total to 10m, after criticism supermarket was not paying fair price' for pork

Tesco is to hand pig farmers 6.6m in additional support, taking the total to 10m, after warnings that a slew of producers could go out of business.

The UK's biggest supermarket said farmers would get 6.6m until August on top of 3.4m handed out since March under an accelerated and enhanced payment plan", after being criticised for not paying a fair price" for its pork.