The UK’s multiple retailers appear to be sticking to their pledge to support British pork, despite the price differential for finished pigs between here and the…
Month: February 2015
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has voiced its frustration that Irish pig prices are remaining static, despite improving values in general across the EU. Association leaders have…
Farmers in Wales are being urged to focus on using antibiotics effectively as part of a new awareness initiative launched by the Wales Animal Health and…
Compound pig feed prices in the final quarter of 2014 were at their lowest level for four years with production at its highest since 2001, according…
EU pig prices increased in the last week of January for the first time since the start of August 2014, prompting BPEX to ask if the…
Demands for EU-wide laws that would make it mandatory to state the country of origin of meat used in processed meals, is to be voted on…
Former NFU Scotland (NFUS) president, Nigel Miller, has been named by the Scottish Government as chairman of Livestock Health Scotland.Mr Miller (pictured), who stood down as…
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) have sought to add clarity to the situation surrounding the finding of livestock-associated MRSA in piglets…
A PEDv contingency plan, to be activated should the virus arrive in the UK, has now been completed, according to BPEX veterinary team manager, Martin Smith.…
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey of undeclared meat in lamb dishes from takeaway outlets found that 21% of samples showed “the presence of non-declared meat”,…