Peter Crichton’s commentary for December 27, 2013
Although 13 is believed to be an unlucky number, 2013 has turned out to be…
Monthly Archives: December, 2013
Russian pig producer boosts production with JSR Genetics
Russia’s largest pork producer, ABH Miratorg, is helping to boost its country’s thriving pig production…
Global pig production falls short of genetic potential
Pigs fall well short of their genetic potential in today’s production system – costing the…
Karro invests in Malton plant
Karro Food Group is investing £500,000 to upgrade the main processing line at its Malton…
Peter Crichton’s commentary for December 20, 2013
The pig trading year is drawing to a close on a slightly downbeat note with…
Conference to address impact of free trade on the pig sector
One of the main sessions at the AHDB Outlook Conference will look at the changing…
AHDB launches industry manager training initiative
The search is on for about a dozen potential high fliers for the first-ever 16-month…
Prohealth consortium will tackle sustainability of intensive pig production
A consortium of 22 academic, industry and private enterprise organisations from 11 countries has been…
BPEX to fund TV ad campaign
BPEX is to run a three-week television campaign from late january to explain what the…
Not enough time spent on the baby pig?
Surveys conducted since 2006 suggest that, at present on European farms of between 350 and…