Although the DAPP has hit a new high of 170.51p and UK pigs remain in demand, ominous signs are emerging from the other side of the…
Month: September 2013
Auctioneer Peter Crichton reported a large turn out of more than 100 buyers from many parts of East Anglia, the West Country and the North when…
The results of the June 2013 Agricultural census reveal that the English breeding herd has decreased during the past year, although the June figures do represent…
The latest AHDB/BPEX provisional estimates show that the average cost of pig production fell further in September as spot feed prices continued to ease.Average costs during…
Figures for July published by HMRC show that UK pork imports were down 3% on the year at 28,800 tonnes, but exports rose sharply with a…
The shareholders of Smithfield Foods Inc have voted to approve a plan to sell the world’s largest pork producer and processor to Chinese company Shuanghui. The…
Cranswick has announced that it’s buying two more breeding herds – one at Mansfield, Norttinghamshire, and the other near York – to further increase vertical integration…
It was a similar day as far as sellers were concerned, and although the DAPP has moved to another new high of 169.67p, spot and contract…
The environmental enrichment element of the Real Welfare Assessment pig scheme is to be suspended until the end of February 2014. The decision was taken taken…
A majority of employees in Danish Crown’s pork division have rejected proposals presented by the slaughterhouse workers’ trade union two weeks ago to invest up to…