Apart from the recent announcement that Tulip, who are the UK’s biggest pork producers, has been sold to the Brazilian food giant Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, it…
Month: August 2019
Two new recruits have joined the pork technical team at the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Jen Waters has returned after an eight-year hiatus as…
The outlook for a large cereal harvest has been confirmed, resulting in declining grain prices. AHDB has reported that European oilseed rape production is expected to…
EU exports of pig meat (including offal) totalled 305,300 tonnes in June. While this is still up by 10% on the year, it is considerably less…
Tulip, the UK’s biggest pork producer, has been sold to Brazilian-owned food giant Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation for £290 million ($354m). Pilgrim’s, which employs more than 51,400…
Swine Dysentery has been confirmed on a nursery-to-finish pig unit in Buckinghamshire. The outbreaks was identified by clinical signs and subsequently confirmed by laboratory tests on Tuesday.…
A Brexit no deal could result in ‘potentially significant disruption’ in animal by product prices and collections, the meat industry has been warned. As has been well…
Thames Valley Cambac’s Slaughter Pug Marketing Summary reported that the late summer Bank Holiday caused minimal disruption, with all the majors processing a full week. It…
MSD Animal Health has announced that the European authorities have recommended the granting of a marketing authorisation for the veterinary medicinal product Porcilis Lawsonia, an intramuscular…
MS Schippers said its commercial water cleaning product, Di-O-Clean, is effective in combating viruses, including African swine fever (ASF). Laboratory test results, the company said, show…