The warm summer weather can mean an increase in the number of flies on pig units. Novartis Animal Health’s pig & poultry manager, Lydia Parkin, looks…
Month: August 2013
Recent heatwave conditions have highlighted problems resulting from wide temperature fluctuations in finishing houses, according to ARM Buildings’ environmental specialist, Tim Miller, who has suggested that sharp…
Denmark’s Pig Research Centre (VSP) has reported that only two producers in the country have failed to meet the loose sows standard introduced following the sow-stall…
Despite shout prices moving in the opposite direction a couple of weeks ago, the gap between the DAPP and shout prices is still far too wide…
Sainsbury’s has lodged an appeal against the ASA’s decision to reject its complaint about a Tesco Price Promise advert. The supermarket originally complained about a regional…
JSR has invested in an advanced cooling system within its AI boar accommodation as part of the company’s commitment to ensuring rigorous quality control methods and…
UK pig prices recovered slightly in the week to August 3 according to figures from BPEX.After a couple of weeks when the EU spec DAPP registered…
Three new HGCA research projects worth a total of £1.5 million will investigate better ways to measure the nutritional value of grain and oilseeds. The organisation…
The latest information from the European Commission suggests that three more EU member states have now complied with the partial ban on sow stalls that came…
Feeding herd performance is far more important to a pig unit, financially, than litter performance, according to ACMC geneticist Ed Sutcliffe.Speaking recently at a recent producer…