dave warren in stoke—on—trent.irs. farmers are facing the slaughter of thousands of pigs on farms due to the shortages. 0ur north of england correspondent danny savage has been getting reaction to the decision at a pig farm in driffield in yorkshire last friday we were standing here overlooking these sows which were all expecting large litters but at the other end of the farm, the more mature pics that should be sent off to market they have not been going off farm quick enough and there is a backlog and it was reaching crisis point. we have had an announcement from the government to allow butchers in abattoirs dealing with pigs to be able to come into the uk on a temporary basis for up to six months and they have announced private storage to help abattoirs to temporarily store mate to help clear the backlog. that has been greeted, welcomed by the farmers here in east yorkshire and they say that should put a stop on form culling and stop it happening on this form.. they say timing is everything and it needs to happe