Despite significant industry restructuring, Quality Meat Scotland’s 2014 Scottish Red Meat Industry Profile reports that output from the pig sector North of the Border contracted by…
Month: June 2014
The British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) has reacted strongly to claims in a BBC documentary that the recent change to pig carcase inspections at abattoirs will…
Producers are being asked to allow a little time when the new Pig Hub launches later this week.BPEX database manager Jenny Newman said it was important…
Two pigs from a Perthshire farm are preparing for four days of stardom on the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) stand (avenue O, stand 582) at this…
It was a less buoyant day than expected, and finished pig and sow prices have been affected by a surge in the value of the pound,…
The EU-spec DAPP for the week ended June 7 edged up slightly to 164.53p/kg, according the latest BPEX figures.Writing in the latest Pig Market Weekly, the…
The latest EU-28 pig slaughtering figures published by Eurostat placed monthly throughputs 2% above the previous year’s level.BPEX’s Pig Market Weekly reports, however, that the increase…
Last time I discussed the possible flight from recording and suggested that not showing most, if not all, records in graphical form could be a major…
The campaign to end non-stun slaughter and provide consumers with better information about the welfare of animals at slaughter has received a positive response from Government…
Using higher-quality boars is helping a Yorkshire farmer increase the slaughterweight of his finishing pigs by more than 17% cent while maintaining grading, thus improving returns…