Pig prices close in on record high in week ending July 15, 2017
AHDB Pork’s weekly pig prices, slaughter data and commentary for Great Britain The EU-spec SPP…
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Straw prices for the week ending July 23, 2017
Merchant’s ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association.…
Sainsbury’s introduces ham ‘smart label’ technology in bid to combat waste
A major UK supermarket is tackling food waste with the introduction of a ‘smart label’…
A breakthrough to defuse the antibiotic time bomb?
Pig producers could soon be using viruses to treat bacterial infections, following an exciting scientific…
Ireland now has “virtually non-existent” stocks of pork and bacon
Surplus stocks of pork and bacon are virtually non-existent in Ireland with the market for…
EU compound feed production fell by 1% last year
Compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 fell by 1% on the year,…
Year-end figures show further reduction of EU pig numbers
The EU pig herd is still declining according to the latest census results released by…
EC challenged to “step up” efforts on new agri-trade deals
Europe’s farm leaders have urged the European Commission to build on the success of trade…
Trade deals “done right” are shown to work for EU farmers
There is clear evidence that “ambitious and balanced” trade deals work for European food and…
Online sellers of rodenticides given rules reminder
Online sellers of rodenticides have been reminded by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU)…