Month: August 2013

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…

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…

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…