Blood in the Water
The yawning gap remains between EU mainland and UK prices, although the SPP went up…
Author Peter Crichton
Peter Crichton
Based in Suffolk, Peter Crichton provides a wide range of valuation, auction and livestock marketing services, as well as supplying the UK pig industry with a wide range of consultancy services covering tenancy, contract advice, pig equipment and herd valuations as well as dispute resolution. For more information visit: www.petercrichton.co.uk
Unfairground
Pig pricing has turned into something of a fairground ride with “swings and roundabouts” being…
Puppet on a String
Finished prices are rather like our standing in the Eurovision Song Contest and lagging well…
The Fever
China continues to dominate the piggy headlines and closer to home UK pig prices have…
Stand in the Gap
With sharply rising EU pig meat prices where the German quote is up by four…
It’s Getting Better
Pig prices are continuing their relatively bullish mode with the latest German producer price up…
The Times They Are A-Changin
The SPP has finally woken up with recent significant rises in global pigmeat values finally…
China Crisis
As those of us of a certain age know, one has to pause for breath…
Swine Fever
Despite further improvements in the global value of pig meat, very little of this seems…
Up Up & Away
Something of a two-tier trade has emerged with reports of soaring pig prices in mainland…