The Mercosur trade offer, which is currently being debated in Brussels, could open the EU market to an increased level of imports from South America, according…
Month: April 2016
A new piglet prestarter, incorporating selected raw materials that are blended to enhance digestive system development, is to be launched by Cargill at next month’s Pig…
Carrying out an on-farm audit, covering potential efficiency factors such as animal health, mycotoxin exposure and antimicrobial use, could help optimise herd performance and farm profitability,…
The launch of an antibiotics “engagement campaign” by 54 institutional investors, aimed at 10 of the biggest US and UK restaurant chains, has drawn a prompt…
An antibiotic reduction approach which is claimed to have worked successfully with poultry is to be adopted for pig production with the launch of a new…
EU pig prices have started to increase again, rising by €4 (£3.20) per 100kg during March, to leave the EU/UK price gap at its smallest since…
East Riding Farm Services (ERFS) has announced the death of long-serving staff member John Laws (pictured). John, who was 54, was sales manager at ERFS, where…
Mexico has agreed to take supplies of fresh pigmeat and processed hams from Spain, with similar signs of encouragement for future trading agreements being concluded with…
The future level of pig prices remains subject to “some uncertainty” according to the results of a new analysis by AHDB Pork which examined the relationship…
More work needs to be done to develop the tools required to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of feed and livestock production, according to the…