Scotland’s specialist pig abattoir at Brechin, which was officially opened earlier today, will achieve a throughout of 5500 pigs a week within the next six months,…
Month: September 2016
The process for farmers, gamekeepers, pest controllers and their employees to buy professional rodenticide packs for use outdoors changes on Saturday this week, October 1, completing…
AHDB Pork is encouraging pig producers and allied industry members to attend the second open meeting of its focus farm programme on October 17, to see…
AHDB Pork’s 2016/17 winter training calendar kicks off on October 18 with a technical workshop on managing health and safety on a pig unit. The event,…
Sainsbury’s suffered a 1.1% decline in like-for-like sales in the 16 weeks to September 24, highlighting continued food price deflation as a major factor behind the…
Harper Adams has been named Modern University of the Year in the latest Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide. The university, which has close links…
Quality Meat Scotland’s “Do More with Pork” radio campaign has been selected as a finalist for the Scottish creative industry’s top annual award. The campaign, which promoted…
Pigmeat shows up as the top export performer in the latest agri-food figures from the EU, covering the 12 months to July 2016. During that time,…
Safeguarding animal health and welfare and the UK’s veterinary workforce are at the forefront of the Brexit priorities, newly approved by the British Veterinary Association (BVA).…
A new app which will enable pig farmers to keep track of their working day and compare it with how others are operating is being tested…