The decline in the German breeding herd continued during 2019, according to the latest figures from Eurostat. The number of sows in November 2019 totalled 1.78…
Month: January 2020
Tulip has unveiled plans to use more than £40,000 of its Apprenticeship Levy to invest in the local community in Coalville, Leicestershire. The Tulip factory has…
UK pork exports recorded another increase in November 2019, with shipments up by 13% compared with the same month a year earlier. At 22,400 tonnes volumes…
UK clean pig slaughter reached 934,400 head in December 2019, 12% more than the same month in the previous year. In 2019, December had one more…
This week’s Slaughter Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that trade followed the trend of recent weeks, with odd factory breakdowns and steady demand…
EU pig prices are still in retreat following much better demand in the last quarter of 2019, but since then domestic demand has remained difficult, with…
A new outbreak of Swine Dysentery has been confirmed in North Yorkshire. The outbreak, identified by clinical signs and subsequently confirmed by laboratory tests on Wednesday, is suspected to…
Cranswick’s profits during the current financial year are set to exceed expectations as the company continues to benefit from increased sales in Far East Asia to…
Farming organisations have welcomed the additional focus on food in the Agricultural Bill, which has generally been welcomed by environmental bodies. NPA senior policy Ed Barker said…
Defra Secretary Theresa Villiers has today reintroduced the Agriculture Bill, setting out a new path for domestic agriculture policy in England after we leave the EU.…