One of the UK’s closest pig-producing neighbours, Ireland, has launched a new Pig Research and Advisory Programme that wll be funded by a producer levy. Run…
Month: October 2013
It wll come as little surprise to anyone that the second provisional estimates from the HGCA’s 2013 Cereal Quality Survey show a significant improvement in the…
Digging a little deeper into the latest physical performance figures for English pig herds, BPEX knowledge transfer manager Angela Cliff says there have been some great…
For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Lizzie Press and I’ll be taking over as NPA general manager while Zoë Davies is away on…
The United States meat-packing industry has had to change the way it sets prices for slaughter pigs after the US Government shutdown stopped the publication market…
The nights may be drawing in, but as we’re now coming into a period of better-quality raw materials, there’s no better time to focus on key…
Results from the June 2013 Agricultural Census published by The Scottish Government show the pig herd has shrunk by 12.1% in the past year, with total…
The 2014 Outlook Conference, jointly hosted by BPEX, DairyCo and EBLEX, will be held at One Great George Street in London on Wednesday, February 12, 2014.The…
Ed Dean has joined NSF Certification UK Ltd as poultry and pig technical manager. He will provide technical and quality support for the Lion Code, Red…
The differences between pig production systems here in the UK and in North America are being highlighted by a series of workshops hosted by Canada’s Parairie…