About 42pc of the cost of the HUF 1.02bn investment is coming from the European Farm and Rural Development fund, Mr Soltesz said. Naki Mezogazdasagi expects to recoup the investment within seven years, he added. In addition to improving the technology at its hog farm, which will cut the time to bring the animals to slaughter weight from 114 to 98-100 days, the company has raised capacity from 3,000 to 8,500 animals. It now expects to sell an annual 23,000-24,000 hogs a year, up from 17,000 earlier. Naki Mezogazdasagi had revenue of HUF 1.8bn in 2009. The company rents 1,911 hectares of farmland, but wants to reduce this to 300-400 hectares by 2015, Mr Soltesz said.