The outdoor pig equipment from an 800-sow herd near Norwich will come under the hammer tomorrow (Saturday, September 27). Auctioneer Peter Crichton reports the sale, being…
Month: September 2014
A series of rodent control workshops, starting on October 23, has been announced by BPEX, working together with FarmTrain. Free to levy payers, the workshops include…
The increasing potential of low carbon vehicles and opportunities for renewable fuels on farms and in rural areas will be the focus of a Royal Agricultural…
Wheat and soya meal futures both hit new contract lows again this week according to the latest feed market update from BPEX. “UK feed wheat futures…
Researchers in the US claim to have proved for the first time that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) can be carried in animal feed. The results…
Pig production costs in the second quarter of 2014 averaged 154p/kg, around 10p per kg below the DAPP during the period and equivalent to a profit…
The introduction of new penalties for the late submission of a real-time (RTI) PAYE return, for those with fewer than 50 employees, has been put back…
The new veterinary team manager at BPEX is Martin Smith, who joins the organisation having previously worked in large animal practice with pig and poultry clients…
Applications have opened for the 2015 humane slaughter award, which is run annually to acknowledge significant advances in the humane slaughter of farmed livestock. Organised by…
Incorrect ventilation control is costing farmers “thousands of pounds” annually through poorer growth rates, feed conversion and health issues say specialist pig house manufacturers, ARM Buildings.According to…