Surveys conducted since 2006 suggest that, at present on European farms of between 350 and 1,500 sows, about 58% of man-hours per sow per year is…
Year: 2013
Research already underetaken at Harper Adams University has suggested that anaerobic digestion (AD) could provide a viable solution for the on-farm disposal of pig carcase material…
Christmas is a time for giving as well as taking, and on this occasion spot sellers had to take a significantly lower price for their pigs…
The latest GB performance figures from Agrosoft show little change in the overall performance of the breeding herd in the 12 months to September 2013, accordig…
Following lengthy negotiations, EU member states have reached agreement on details of new rules on country of origin labelling for sheep, goat, poultry and pig meat.…
County Antrim’s John Tate has been named Pig Farmer of the Year in the Farming Life Danske Bank Agricultural Awards in Northern Ireland.Mr Tate, who farms near…
Midland Pig Producers (MPP) has won a national farming award in recognition of its commitment to modernisation.The company was announced winner of the Food & Farming…
MSD Animal Health has produced a free app called AquaPoso that allows producers to easily calculate the amount of Panacur Aquasol required to worm large groups…
The Dent family’s pig business, Dent Ltd, has been put into administration. Administrators Adrian Berry and Clare Boardman from Deloitte were called in to the business…
With the exception of sow prices, pig values have held at largely similar levels, although with a few more numbers about some spot buyers were able…