Scottish pig numbers increased by 4% during the 12 months to June this year, registering the sector’s third consecutive rise after several years of previous decline,…
Month: October 2016
A Food Innovation Network (FIN) has been launched by the UK Government with the promise that it will give British food and drink companies access to…
The National Pig Association (NPA) has issued a renewed call for “proper controls” to be introduced to control feral wild boar in the Forest of Dean,…
The need to develop standard methods for the detection of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in meat and meat products has been identified as a key research…
The prospect that Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) could result in 10 million deaths globally each year is a “convincing” reason to continue the battle against AMR says…
Pig exporters and traders were “very satisfied” with the level of business achieved during SIAL Paris last week, according AHDB Pork’s latest export bulletin. Trade visitor…
Successful Pig Industry Scholarship graduate, Lauren Turner, has urged any new student who may be contemplating taking a course at Harper Adams University, to apply for…
Sales of veterinary antibiotics are continuing to fall in most European countries, according to the latest figures released by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Covering sales…
Consumer spending on retail pork fell by 12%, year-on-year, during the 12 weeks to September 11, according to AHDB Pork. Even so, the lower prices still…
The Republic of Ireland’s farm and food minister, Michael Creed, has issued a defiant UK export message to his country’s farmers and traders, telling them that…