There’s still no sign that the Russian ban on imports of pig meat from the EU will be lifted in the near future.BPEX reports in this…
Month: April 2014
Quality Meat Scotland main objectives for 2014/15 is to increase livestock numbers and make sure that a bigger proportion of Scottish-reared cattle, sheep and pigs are…
According to the latest figures from Eurostat, there was a 4% decline in EU pig slaughterings in January 2014 compared to 12 months earlier.BPEX said the…
The latest calculations from BPEX show that producers received 41% of the final retail price for pork in March. This was 1% down compared with February.The…
Demand has remained relatively firm in the run up to Easter, with the DAPP nudging ahead to 163.28p, but still lagging well behind equivalent spot prices…
The first GB APP, BPEX’s new Average Pigs Price, was published late on Wednesday afternoon after the figure was calculated and double-checked. The figure appeared in…
Confirmed cases of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the US are continuing to rise. The USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) reported an…
Buying food for today, or tonight, rather than for the week ahead, is set to become an increasing trend in UK supermarkets according to Sainsbury’s, commenting…
Of all the inputs monitored by PIVIT project farms, feed and water are what producers are most interested in. Maybe it’s because feed, as a primary…
Exotic diseases threatening the UK pig sector have been discussed at a special round-table meeting in London attended by nearly 50 industry representatives.The meeting, which was…