Strategic worming can protect pig profits
Pig producers should think about reviewing their approach to roundworm treatment this summer to improve…
Monthly Archives: May, 2013
Simplicity is the way forward for Red Tractor
The first steps have been taken towards simplifying the Red Tractor Pigs standards for both…
Processing fails to hide boar taint
Boar taint does not survive processing, and in some products, such as sausages, can be…
Pleurisy is expensive and on the increase
Pleurisy is costing producers at least 75p per affected pig in processing costs alone and…
Fear of factory farming is blocking investment
Pig farmers with the means to invest in improved facilities are increasingly being blocked at…
In defence of long troughs
Extremely wet conditions in the second half of 2012 raised question marks about the concept…