Year: 2013

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…

Cranswick plc has unveiled a strong set of financial results for the six months to September 30, 2013. Underlying turnover was 13% ahead of the same…

EU farmers co-op group Copa-Cogeca has released its final EU-27 cereals estimates for the 2013/14 marketing year, showing EU grain production is back to a good…

The European Commission has revealed proposals to introduce Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) laws within the European Union for unprocessed meat products (including bacon).The proposals will…

There has been a reversal of fortunes in EU pig market in recent weeks with prices starting to weaken following near-record highs. Having risen steadily since…

The outlook for global cereal supply in the 2013/14 marketing season remains generally favourable despite downward adjustments to forecasts for world cereal production and closing stocks,…

Lewis Business Media (LBM) has acquired Weekly Tribune, a paid-for newsletter for the UK and EU pig industries, from its co-editors Brian Chester and Paul Smith.…

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), which is based at Thiruvananthapuram in the South of India, has developed a kit that can diagnose classical swine…