Government should take advantage of the opportunity Brexit presents to create a regulatory environment for farming that is streamlined, grounded in science and respects realistic farm…
Month: August 2017
Seven companies have signed up to sponsor this year’s Pig Industry Scholarships. There are six returning sponsors – ABN, CEVA, Devenish Nutrition, ForFarmers, Provimi and Rattlerow…
Although the SPP rose by 0.13p to 164.66p and the influential German producer price stood on at 1.70EUR, EU prices may come under pressure in the…
An amateur football team sponsored by Heck sausages has caused a stir with their new brightly coloured kit, which critics say makes them look like sausages.…
Several pigs who wandered on to a country road in Gloucestershire have been caught after causing traffic problems yesterday lunchtime. The pigs were first spotted in…
One-third of businesses in the UK food and drink supply chain would become unviable if they had no access to EU workers, according to a major survey…
A litter of piglets rescued from a barn fire have been turned into sausages and given to the firefighters who tackled the blaze. The 18 piglets and two…
The world’s largest pork exporter Danish Crown has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tmall, one of Alibaba Group’s business-to consumer e-marketplaces in China, at a…
NPA senior policy advisor Georgina Crayford has urged the public to buy Red Tractor assured pork if they are concerned about Hepatitis E. Georgina was interviewed…
UK clean pig slaughterings fell by 4% on the year in July to 828,500 head, according to latest data from Defra, with throughputs for the first…