Pork exports from the European Union increased by 11% year-on-year in July 2013 to 147,500 tonnesAccording to BPEX, supplies to the leading market, Russia, were up…
Year: 2013
Provisional figures from Defra indicate that the UK pig herd stood at 4.85 million head on June 1 this year.While this was 8% higher than at…
The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) is hosting a series of farm visits and workshops across the country looking specifically at the use of technologies…
There’s a new name in agricultural education in the UK following the University of Hertfordshire’s announcement that it’s creating a new Centre for Agriculture, Food and…
A complaint against a BPEX advertising trailer shown as part of its campaign on Channel 4 has been rejected by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). There…
Karro Foods has ended slaughtering and butchery at its Wiveliscombe site and made 93 members of staff redundant.The move followed the end of an employee consultation…
Although the DAPP put on a further 0.2p and now stands at a new high of 171.69p, the Tulip weekly price remains unchanged at 168p and…
MPs have been told that while the British pig industry supports the concept of feeding waste food to pigs, bringing back swill-feeding would be a risk…
The proportion of the retail pork price working its way back to producers increased to 43% in September, according to new BPEX figures.The increase, which was…
Pig supplies in the EU are expected to remain tight until at least the middle of 2014, according to the latest issue of BPEX’s Pig Market…