German pig equipment specialist WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has developed a new kind of manipulable material for piglets and fattening pigs in cooperation with Kassel University.…
Month: January 2014
Peter Rhodes Feed Services (PRFS), based at Storwood near York, is celebrating 40 years in business with a significant investment in the future. Founded by Peter…
The production director at breeding company ACMC, Malcolm Stead, suggests that routine backfat scanning is the best way to monitor gilt and sow condition and help…
Sam Walton reports from the South-west of England where a new French-designed finisher house has recently been commissionedAnyone who has suffered a piggery fire has my…
A slightly cautious rather than a happy New Year was the theme for pig sellers today, with spot quotes slipping by 2-3p/kg and contract prices also…
The Farm Specific Diet (FSD) concept is based on the truism that every pig farm is different, writes John Gadd. Moreover even on the same farm…
Final figures from Defra’s June 2013 Agricultural Survey show the UK’s pig herd figure has been revised upwards. BPEX’s Pig Market Weekly reports that the change…
Figures published by BPEX for November 2013 show that overall pigmeat production was higher than the same month in 2012 despite fewer pigs being slaughtered.The number…
Contrary to the article on page six of the January 2014 issue of Pig World, on-farm training on euthanising pigs of any size can be carried…