Demand for stand space has been so strong for the 2016 Pig & Poultry Fair it has resulted in a 10% expansion to the floorplan. As…
Month: March 2016
Published by Defra on March 3, 2016.
The total number of pigs in England has decreased by 3.6% since December 2014 to just over 3.5 million, according to new official farming statistics released…
This year’s Open Farm Sunday on June 5th will see hundreds of farms all over the country open their gates to the public. Since it began…
Pig consultant Stephen Hall considers if our current production methods help or hinder meat quality, and whether there’s a place for a boar-taint vaccine in our…
The current tightening of antibiotic use in the US and the emergence of the concept of antibiotic-free meat was discussed at the recent Antibiotic Policy and…
A couple of thoughts occurred to me after some recent visits round outdoor units. One concerned rather too many thin sows after several surprisingly mild spells,…
I still don’t know how we go about getting a fairer deal for producers, who always take the brunt if there’s a downturn in the market.…
As I write this column, the pig industry is once again facing tough times. It doesn’t take someone with the predictive powers of Nostradamus to work…
Pig diets can tick all the right boxes, but still not perform quite as well as they should. The nutritionist should have taken age and phase…