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Month: March 2016
Ireland’s seven-year growth in pork exports looks set to come to an end later this year, according to an AHDB Pork analysis of declining sow numbers…
Profits for the supermarket giant, Morrisons, declined by almost 30% during the 12 months to January 31, 2016, according to the company’s preliminary results which were…
Seven new students have joined the Pig Industry Scholarship scheme, based at Harper Adams University, with each fresh recruit being set to join their sponsoring companies…
Retail pork volumes continued to decline during the 12 weeks ending January 31, 2016, falling 4% below year-earlier levels, according to AHDB Pork. Quoting the latest…
New EU measures to prevent and halt outbreaks of animal diseases, initially agreed by the Council of Farm Ministers in June last year, have now been…
A training event, designed to help vets “gain confidence” in dealing with pig and goat patients, is being staged in Bristol next week. Arranged by the…
PRRS, antimicrobial use in farm animals and welfare concerns relating to the slaughter of pregnant livestock are all on the agenda for discussion during a two-day…
Ladies in Pigs (LIPs) was duly recognised as one of British farming’s “dynamic groups” today, featuring as part of a Defra statement released to mark International…
The prospect of another private storage aid (PSA) scheme for pigmeat has definitely “not been ruled out” according to European farm commissioner, Phil Hogan, despite his…