The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has launched the first edition of its Practical Guide to AD at the 2013 UK AD & Biogas exhibition…
Year: 2013
The total number of pigs in the United States on June 1, 2013, was 66.6 million head. This was down slightly from June 1, 2012, but…
Animal feed manufacturer BOCM PAULS International has increased its representation in the Russian Federation with the appointment of Ilya Vysotsky as new business manager working from…
The abattoir assessment dates for July to December 2013 have been published for the BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS). The scheme provides producers with detailed carcase…
Pig breeding unit manager Louise Dorward has won a student of the year award on completing the first BPEX Stockman Plus course in the North.All seven…
BPEX’s Finisher Pig Buildings Design and Build – a blueprint for English farms is now available for producers to order.The folder is BPEX’s comprehensive guide to…
The latest cost of production figures from BPEX have been revised upwards following receipt of updated performance data. The new figures add up to a cumulative…
Pig producers reckon their competitiveness is improving both against other producers in the UK and in the EU, and also believe it will get even better…
Cull sow prices may be down – up to £30 per head compared with last year – but pig producers have been advised not to put…
Defra figures for 2012 show that the number of organic pigs continued to fall last year.Numbers in the UK were down by more than a third…