Sponsored by Huvepharma Winner – Blanchard Enterprises This is a family run farrow-to-finish operation in Oxfordshire. There are currently 740 productive sows on site. Over the…
Month: June 2014
Sponsored by Huvepharma Winner – Heath Barn Farm Suffolk-based Heath Barn Farm is run by Richard and Maggie Lane, who put their herd’s excellent performance down…
Farmers and industry are invited to see first-hand the role on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) can play on farms in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, being self-sufficient in…
A sow and her piglets proved one of the major attractions when Alexander & Angell (Farms), in Gloucestershire, welcomed members of the public as part of…
Veterinary experts from across the EU have endorsed temporary safeguard measures suggested by the EC’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) to…
The RSPCA is looking for help from producers with freedom farrowing systems to help it to draw-up specific requirements for indoor loose (free) farrowing accommodation. The…
Moreton-in-Marsh Show, held at the Gloucestershire town, will have pig classes for the first time on Saturday, September 6.The classes will include the judging of a…
As I write, the country is shrouded in a gloomy fog. We’ve had warnings from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that human behaviour is…
Generally similar prices, although contract pigs with a DAPP link will have moved up slightly following the 0.2p rise in the DAPP, which now stands at…
The launch of the National Pig Awards created much interest at last month’s Pig & Poultry Fair. This is a major new initiative launched by Pig…