The technical director of Primary Diets, Paul Toplis, tackles some of the question marks hanging over plans for a new pig sector centre of excellenceWhy ask…
Month: June 2014
I’m still reeling from a very busy couple of days at the Pig Fair, but even though it’s pretty exhausting, I really do get such a…
The start of May saw two bodies seeking to raise awareness of global impacts arising from meat production and consumption. The first came in the form…
Production and the availability of the world’s number one cereal, maize, is due to be much higher in 2014/15 than the previous year, according to the…
It’s a fact that our industry is now much more technical than it was, with meaningful targets to achieve. On most modern units the daily drudge…
It doesn’t seem like two years since the last Pig & Poultry Fair. Having said that, it doesn’t seem that long since I was invited to…
A seamless transition from weaning to 100% creep feeding with improved performance can be encouraged by adding flavour and antioxidants to the sow ration, and continuing…
After six months isolation focusing purely on inputs and outputs, and being at the beck and call of my newborn little boy, it’s lovely to be…
The annual search for a hero of the pig industry to receive the David Black Award is now under way.The annual award, sponsored by BPEX, started…
EU pig prices continued to strengthen in May and the provisional figure for the EU as a whole averaged 133.7p/kg deadweight (at the exchange rate of…