The vast majority of US pork producers are “aware and ready” to cope with planned regulatory changes regarding the on-farm use of antibiotics in the US,…
Month: March 2016
Global pork export prices finished 2015 at their lowest level for over six years, according to AHDB Pork. The year-end average for the EU, US, Canada…
Europe’s farm leaders are stepping up their campaign for a range of measures to end the EU agricultural crisis, including calling for “extended private storage aid…
Concern has been expressed by the chief veterinary officer (CVO) for Wales, Christianne Glossop, that a new survey of animal health and welfare in the country…
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has warned pigmeat, beef and lamb producers that there is “unlikely” to be much strengthening of livestock farmgate prices in the short…
Heather Hancock has been confirmed as the new Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) with effect from April 1, 2016. Ms Hancock (pictured above), who…
Habituation, which I described last time, denotes ‘progressive familiarity’ by stockspeople getting used to unpleasant and usually damaging events over time, which affects their health and…
It was another tough day for sellers, and although spot bacon prices were no worse than last week, this was little consolation for producers who’re currently…
Pig farmers still lost money at the end of last year despite production costs falling to their lowest level since early 2010, according to AHDB Pork.…