Bridge House Farm in Northamptonshire is a family business that has become the first UK farm to partner with Canadian genetics company Genesus. Simon King met…
Month: June 2019
Christopher Price took up the reins as the new CEO of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) earlier this year, moving from the CLA and bringing…
Jane Jordan discovers how a desire to share knowledge and educate farmers helped Colin Stone gain recognition at last year’s National Pig Awards Formal recognition from…
Pig pricing has turned into something of a fairground ride with “swings and roundabouts” being the main features and although the SPP managed to put on…
Irish police investigating suspected horse meat fraud have searched premises across five counties in the Republic of Ireland. They said farms, houses and a commercial building…
Elanco’s Hemicell HT is now available in the UK for use in broilers, turkeys and pigs following approval by the European Commission at the end of 2018.…
JSR and Bishop Burton Agricultural College have joined forces to create the JSRAcademy to inspire ‘a new generation of passionate and knowledgeable people’ to pursue careers…
Annie Davis has worked at the George Veterinary Group for 19 years. She is one of a team of seven pig vets, based in Malmesbury, Wiltshire…
Have you ever heard the saying ‘no foot, no horse’? Without a foot, a horse is worthless. With pigs, it could be changed to ‘no health,…
A Polish farm with more than 8,000 pigs, located in Bielsk Podlaskie near the border with Belarus, has confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever. The…