The USDA has increased its 2020 US pork production forecast to around 13.1m tonnes, as a result of the high number of slaughter pigs available in January…
Month: March 2020
Global pig breeding company PIC has entered into a strategic partnership with Russia’s largest independent pig genetics distribution company, Otrada. Otrada will become the exclusive partner…
Global pork supplies will decline further this year as coronavirus delays the process of restocking the Chinese pig herd, Rabobank has predicted. In its latest global…
Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have launched a survey to help determine what both livestock farmers and members of the public believe makes farm animals…
The new Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs in England came into force on March 1. All pig producers are being urged to download and read…
Factory reliability continued to be the pork supply chain’s Achilles heel last week, with one major losing a whole day due to a Health and Safety…