Although the DAPP has continued to improve and now stands at 168.84p, and spot buyers were looking for pigs on Thursday night, Tulip delayed the announcement…
Year: 2013
Quality Equipment has strengthened its sales and marketing departments with two new appointments, Bill Diaper and Henry Stark. Bill Diaper, who started his career with QE…
Pig producers are resisting pressure to drop prices in the wake of falling feed costs. They warn that cumulative losses sustained in recent years mean the…
The recent heatwave has helped to maintain pigmeat prices across the board, with the DAPP rising by 0.35p to stand at another new high of 168.53p,…
Two of the major problems associated with wet harvests – the high cost of grain drying and the risk of mycotoxins – can both be addressed…
Circovac could provide protection for piglets against PCV2 up to the age of 21 weeks, according to new research revealed recently at the American Association of…
Worm infections often go unnoticed as they don’t necessarily produce the clinical signs or dire mortality that are often associated with viral or bacterial diseases. However,…
Users of AgroSoft’s WinPig will be introduced to a brand new version of the herd-recording software in the near future, writes Graeme Kirk. After extensive testing,…
Where you’ve livestock, you’re sure to have deadstock, but what to do with the casualties is now more of a problem than ever, writes Sam Walton.…
The average EU weaner price has shown an earlier than usual increase for the time of year and is running above 2012 levels, according to the…