The percentage of British pork facings fell slightly in July, according to the latest Porkwatch data, leaving total numbers at 82%, which was 1% below the…
Month: August 2016
Scotland’s farmers and meat processors have called on the UK government to provide assurances on the future residency status of non-UK workers employed in the country’s…
The Republic of Ireland’s pig farmers are “generally satisfied” that the factories that passed back a further price increase this week are genuinely trying to reflect…
Agriculture has not yet caught up with the digital revolution, farming leaders and scientists were told in Belfast yesterday by European farm commissioner, Phil Hogan. Addressing…
A promised UK taskforce to help develop “meaningful targets” to replace, reduce and refine antibiotic use in each agricultural sector is set to begin work next…
The EU pig price rise is showing signs of easing off, indicating that the supply and demand is now in balance, according to AHDB Pork. Although…
The outcome of the UK’s trade negotiations with the EU concerning Brexit will be crucial to the pig industry, according to AHDB Pork’s latest analysis of…
The European feed business, ForFarmers, achieved a 2.9% growth in feed sales in the first half of 2016, reaching a total of 4.6 million tonnes, despite…
Pig producers are being urged to join the industry’s Significant Disease Charter (SDC) after another case of swine dysentery was diagnosed on a farm in Yorkshire.…
The recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) judgement against Russia is more of a “political win” than a development that will see a material step-change in the…