PIC is implementing relationship-based genomic selection in all of its crossbred boar products from next month (August 2014).The company will continue its differentiated implementation of genomic…
Month: July 2014
Some 40 years ago, after writing a few press articles based on my farm experience of attending to piggery ventilation, I got a tactful letter from…
According to new data published by the European Commission, the UK has some of the best carcase classification results in the EU. In 2013, 78% of…
European pig breeders have found a lucrative market selling pigs to China in recent years, but a new study by Wageningen University in the Netherlands published…
NFU president Meurig Raymond has strongly criticised Tesco’s decision to heavily promote New Zealand lamb in the middle of the prime season for British lamb, given…
Tulip played host to more than 150 suppliers ranging from pig producers to ingredients, packaging and equipment companies at a recent event to mark the launch…
Dr Simon Turner, an internationally recognised expert on aggressiveness in farm animals has been awarded a Readership by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). His conferment of a…
Demand matched the East Anglian weather on Friday – slightly chilly and dull.Reports of sharp falls in European mainland pig prices did nothing to help on…
Buyers from the South-west, Kent, East Anglia and the Midlands turned up at for one of the largest sales Peter Crichton has ever conducted when he…
Premier Nutrition, which is part of AB Agri, has announced the acquisition of Roses Nutrition Limited. The deal, which took effect from July 7, expands Premier…