Changes that could affect farmers with an IPPC permit (EPR) are currently under discussion as part of a European Commission process that’s reviewing what constitutes Best…
Year: 2013
The latest estimates from AHDB/BPEX suggest the cost of pig production for August will be a little lower than July at 157.1p/kg. This about 1p/kg down…
The latest import figures from HMRC show that 30,578 tonnes of fresh/frozen pork was brought into the UK during June. This was 395 tonnes more than…
BPEX has announced a workshop to review Red Tractor’s Real Welfare audits and identify and recommend ways they can be improved. The workshop will be on…
With Australia now open to pork imports, BPEX is taking part in a major exhibition Down Under to develop the market. Australia is a net importer…
A sigh of relief this week that none of the shout price buyers dropped their prices following Tulip’s lead to stand on, but it has to…
The Staffordshire-based Packington Free Range brand has been awarded three highly sought after Great Taste stars. The Mercer family’s free-range pork stood out for the judges,…
EU pig slaughterings in May were over 2% down on the same month last year, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.Throughputs totalled 20.4 million head,…
Pig producers enjoyed their largest share of the retail price since the mid-1990s in July, taking 43%.According to BPEX figures, the DAPP averaged 168.6p/kg in July,…
The pig production arm of the JSR Farming Group, a 4,000-sow operation producing 2,000 pigs/week, has increased the deadweight of its slaughter pigs and cut its…