Contrasting trends in EU pig prices have developed in recent weeks with northern Europe performing better than southern member states, according to AHDB Pork. German and…
Month: September 2015
New research has found that a flu virus strain that occurs in horses, dogs, birds and seals, can go undetected in host pigs, raising concern among…
The ongoing price war between the UK’s supermarkets is continuing to enable shoppers to reduce their spending on food, according to the latest grocery share figures…
Food producers and retailers have been urged by the government to give more information on labels about where in Britain their food comes from. The call,…
An overall decline in the EU breeding herd suggests that the growth in pig slaughterings should slow in the second half of this year, and into…
The potential for hydrogen to become an on-farm solution to energy storage is to be explored during NFU Scotland’s next renewables meeting for farmers, to be…
NFU Scotland has slammed proposals from Scotland’s environmental body, SEPA, to “significantly hike” many of its charges, a move which the union says will be particularly…
Market forecasts regarding short-term pig production across Europe suggests “little respite for producers” says Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS), head of economics services, Stuart Ashworth. Writing is his…
AHDB Pork is to stage six practical pig events during November and December, at venues from Wetherby to Exeter. Designed to deliver “take-home messages for people…
An open-access database, built with European Commission (EC) funding, has been launched to help regulators and food suppliers monitor the impact of using genetically modified (GM)…