Ireland’s agriculture minister, Michael Creed, has warned that people travelling to countries where African swine fever is present should not bring pork products back to Ireland.…
Month: December 2019
UK clean pig slaughter reached 961,300 head in November, which is 1% more than the same month in the previous year. The growth came despite the…
Leading UK pork producer Cranswick has announced the acquisition of outdoor pig business Packington Pork Limited from the Mercer family. The business, which operates predominantly from…
This week’s Slaughter Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that, in the last full week of the year, and indeed the decade, most of…
Chinese criminals have been exploiting the country’s African swine fever crisis by intentionally spreading the disease to force farmers to sell their pigs for a low…
New research from teams at the Universities of Bristol and Reading found that 28-day old piglets produce very different levels of immune cells, antibodies and other…
The Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture has finally confirmed that African swine fever (ASF) is present in the country. An outbreak was confirmed in North Sumatra on December 12.…
Some of the steam seems to have come out of prices now that the Christmas holiday is approaching, although the SPP rose by 1.03p to stand…
Industry leaders have stressed that the Brexit uncertainty has not ended with Boris Johnson’s emphatic election victory. Mr Johnson will govern with a majority of nearly…
The European Commission has published its latest outlook for the EU agriculture sector, which covers all major agricultural outputs, for 2019 to 2030. Across the EU,…