It’s an age old problem, when the summer temperatures rise, fertility in pigs (and many other mammals) declines. It’s nature’s way of limiting the number of…
Month: June 2013
Meryl Ward has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for her work on pig welfare. She was a key member of the…
BPEX is asking pig producers to check their cleaning and disinfection (C&D) routine at its next BPEX Live online workshop on Monday, June 24 at 7.00pm.…
Nuffield Farming Scholarships are encouraging prospective scholars to apply for the life-changing opportunity, as the July 31st deadline for applications approaches. “We welcome applications from individuals…
The winner of this year’s NPA Chris Brant Award is Jonathan French, key accounts manager for national feed compounder BOCM PAULS in the south of England.…
A large company of buyers attended Mike Sheldon’s pig unit dispersal sale on June 8, which was conducted jointly by auctioneers Peter Crichton and Will Abbott.A…
Andrew Cheale, who has died aged 77, was an Essex lad who left school to farm and become a wholesale butcher and a leading exporter of…
The NPA has warned that recycling human food by feeding it to pigs must take place only under strictly-controlled conditions, otherwise there is a risk of…
Increasing numbers born to improve breeding herd productivity makes sense, but higher litter size is only part of the equation. Producers must be able to rear…
A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, say United States Department of Agriculture scientists.Stress-related issues,…