Researchers from The Pirbright Institute collaborated with the University of Oxford and the National Institutes of Health, USA, to show that S-FLU, a universal flu vaccine…
Month: June 2018
The NPA and the Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) have written to the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer expressing ‘extreme concern’ at proposals from Brussels to effectively ban…
Mexico will impose a 20% tariff on US pork imports, which is seen as the country’s retaliatory measure to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel…
Nominations are open for the NPA Chris Brant Award, recognising those who ‘consistently go the extra mile for our industry’. Named after well-known producer and pig industry…
Almost half a million more shoppers bought fresh pork during the two phases of AHDB Pork’s £3 million midweek meals campaign. The campaign included prime time…
This meeting, which was due to take place at the Bridge Hotel, Wetherby, tonight, June 11 at 6pm, has been cancelled.
The change in the month saw little change in market fortunes, according to this week’s Pig Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac. The Summary said that…
Another fairly positive day for pig sellers and although there were no significant price rises, numbers remain fairly tight and no pigs were rolled. The latest SPP…
A rising cost of production and falling finished pig prices meant that producer margins were further depressed during the first quarter of 2018. Provisional AHDB estimates…