The abattoir assessment dates for July to December 2013 have been published for the BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS). The scheme provides producers with detailed carcase…
Month: June 2013
BPEX’s Finisher Pig Buildings Design and Build – a blueprint for English farms is now available for producers to order.The folder is BPEX’s comprehensive guide to…
Pig breeding unit manager Louise Dorward has won a student of the year award on completing the first BPEX Stockman Plus course in the North.All seven…
The latest cost of production figures from BPEX have been revised upwards following receipt of updated performance data. The new figures add up to a cumulative…
Pig producers reckon their competitiveness is improving both against other producers in the UK and in the EU, and also believe it will get even better…
Cull sow prices may be down – up to £30 per head compared with last year – but pig producers have been advised not to put…
Figures published by Defra on agriculture in the English regions for 2012 show that output from pigs was up nearly 8% on the previous year at…
Defra figures for 2012 show that the number of organic pigs continued to fall last year.Numbers in the UK were down by more than a third…
BPEX is reporting that the latest figures from Kantar Worldpane show consumer spending on pork was 5% higher in the 12 weeks to May 12, 2013…
ABN has appointed Richard Panton to assist the existing pig feed sales team in the East Anglia region. He will be particularly concentrating on piglet nutrition…