A fourth Canadian province, Quebec, has now confirmed the presence of the PED virus in pigs.Quebec’s agriculture ministry confirmed its first case on Sunday.Canadian cases had…
Month: February 2014
The 2014 British Association of Feed Supplement and Additive Manufacturers (BAFSAM) Feed Additive Conference will take place on April 29 at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull…
Prices appear to have stabilised after several weeks of significant falls, and although the DAPP lost 0.76p and now stands at 164.44p, it still provides a…
Nick Munce has joined MSD Animal Health’s pig team as business manager. Based in the North-east, he’s well known in the pig industry and has more…
More pork was exported last year than any since 2000, just before the start of the last outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.Total exports of pork…
December pig census figures from 22 member states that between them account for around 90% of the breeding herd suggest that the number of sows across…
UK pork imports increased to 31,200t in December last year, which was a 12% rise in volumes compared with the same month in 2012.BPEX’s Pig Market…
Tulip is pushing ahead with ambitious plans to build on trade links with the Chinese pig meat market.An initiative to increase export volumes has seen the…
An online library of facts and figures about the meat industry has been launched by EBLEX and BPEX, available free to levy payers and industry stakeholders.Meatstats,…
Everyone suffers from a variation in slaughter weights to a greater or lesser extent, and one solution is to try “topping”, that is removing pigs to…