its interesting you post this mandy, i was thinking the same the other day, pork prices realistically need to rise for pigs to become viable in reality, that said i treat it as a hobby and the 3 i've got to pick up from the butchers tomorrow is a nice extra, we loose money hand over fist in honesty but we're lucky had the space, sheds etc so its nice and i'd rather eat stuff i know where its come from.
we do quite a bit of work at shugbrough hall farm (on the water mill) all the staff there are being made redundant (council cuts) as of april 1st, and the pigs went there last month, zack the farm manager said that £9 a pop for the kunes and berkshires, the magalitzas made around 20, very sad. i suspect its the tip of the ice berg.
untill the illigally produced pork from europe is banned we'll struggle, and even then rare breed, free range is a premium product and in this ecconomic climate folks can't afford to feed/ spend on pigs/ pork.