La commercialisation des porcs en Bretagne : l'exemple de la région de Lamballe

The marketing of pigs in Brittany : the exemple of Lamballe - As is well-known, stock-breeding has increased in the four « départements » of Brittany and this has forced farmers' associations in this region to improve the organization of the sale of their products. For pork there are two types of « marché au cadran ». The earliest type - « Guerlesquin » - based in the same principles as that in Saint-Pol-de-Léon for vegetables, facilitates a quicker sale at a public price. But this has the usual disadvantages of individual saJes to anyone. The second type : Lamballe. To encourage the production of good quality and to make the transactions more moral, Lamballe through the C.O.P.E.R.L. has the slaughtering yards checked by « classeurspeseurs ». These two types of market, one traditional and unrestrictive, the other more strictly controlled are adapted to the requirements of the breeders who want to be competitive and undertake group action in order to control the market. This, in return, implies greater care of the stock and improved management.