Sam Walton has been to Norfolk to see a producer who’s not only set up his own successful finishing unit, but has diversified into erecting buildings…
Month: October 2013
Three candidates have been shortlisted for the BPEX Trainee of the Year Award 2013, sponsored by Zoetis and Pig World.James O’Callaghan of WM Rigby & Son,…
Karro Food Group has announced plans to expand its Aberdeenshire pig-farming operation.The unit at Brydock, Aberdeenshire, which employs 100 staff, plans to ramp up capacity from…
Retailers were supporting British pig farmers to a greater extent this September than 12 months ago, according to the NPA. Compared with the same month in…
A memorial service will be held on November 15 for well-known pig breeder and show judge Guido De Lellis.Mr De Lellis died on September 12, 2013,…
This week will see the start of a series of meetings examining some of the elements of Real Welfare that have been judged worthy of further…
With only eight clear slaughtering weeks left between now and Christmas, some processors are already talking about Saturday kills, but it remains to be seen if…
There’s a new name in agricultural education in the UK following the University of Hertfordshire’s announcement that it’s creating a new Centre for Agriculture, Food and…
The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) is hosting a series of farm visits and workshops across the country looking specifically at the use of technologies…
Provisional figures from Defra indicate that the UK pig herd stood at 4.85 million head on June 1 this year.While this was 8% higher than at…