Although pig prices are continuing to head south and the SPP lost 1.29p this week and now stands at 161.04, this still compares favourably with 141.03…
Month: September 2017
Over the last month, domestic and global wheat prices have seen a modest rise, according to AHDB Pork analysis. In the UK market, from 25 August…
Red Tractor Assurance has appointed Sainsbury’s former head of agriculture Sue Lockhart as its new head of assurance. Sue joins the UK’s leading farm and food…
Both the EU pig breeding herd and the total herd increased in the year to June 2017, according to provisional figures from Eurostat which cover 14…
To satisfy the demands of a millennial market, and a consumer base that now demands more options and flexibility than ever before Simon Howie, the Scottish…
ABP has announced it has entered into a brand licensing agreement with Men’s Health the UK’s leading men’s lifestyle magazine and website. The arrangement will see…
Submissions are now open for MSD Animal Health’s 2018 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award, to be granted to one recently graduated doctoral student in support of…
Swine flu has been detected in 11 pigs at a county fair in the US state of Maryland. According to reports, the outbreak has been confirmed…
The National Pig Association (NPA) is writing to Defra Minster Therese Coffey this week calling on her to delay the introduction of new emissions levels, which…
Pig Pro, the new training and development web-based tool for the pig industry, goes live today, with the intention of giving farmers a simpler and more…