Pig producers will feature more strongly than ever on the speaker list at BPEX’s Breed+3 Regional Producer Events next month.They will be discussing how they’ve got…
Month: October 2013
A new forum for pig-building and fixed-equipment suppliers has been formed, with eight companies represented. Facilitated by BPEX and chaired by Nigel Penlington, the first meeting…
The NPA has attacked the European Commission (EC) proposals that only the location of the last period of rearing, along with country of slaughter, be used on…
If you haven’t started to prepare for the possibility of rodents moving into your pig buildings this autumn and winter, now’s the time to begin, according…
Friday was another good day for sellers (better than the weather) with prices at positive stand-on levels and takers for pigs in all weight ranges.Although the…
Farmers can now obtain funding to set up small anaerobic digestion (AD) plants under a government-funded loan scheme that opened today (October 10). The £3 million…
The latest UK farm holdings data from Defra shows there was a slight rise in the total number of pigs and pig holdings in the UK…
The NPA’s general manager, Zoe Davies, gave birth to a son early on Tuesday morning.Alexander Thomas Leach appeared at 02:06 weighing in at 7lb 3oz.Best wishes…
The agricultural press has been reporting that the price of land has trebled in the past decade and values in the region of £10,000/acre are now…
Pig producers know that the colder months typically herald an increased risk of respiratory disease for their herds, and this is backed up by data from…