With summer here and people starting to prepare for what I hope will be a bumper harvest, you’d think things would get quieter; but you’d be…
Month: July 2014
I guess by the time this issue of Pig World drops onto door mats, the first of the barleys will have been harvested, particularly in the…
There’s a degree of publicity surrounding the easing of raw material commodity prices in the light of an expected production supply over demand in cereals and…
I recently attended an agricultural engineers’ conference at Cranfield University and it set me thinking. Nature is random, but as humans we try and standardise things.…
Pig World has announced the members of the judging panel for the National Pig Awards. Comprising some of the best-known industry figures, the panel includes respected…
Sam Walton visits an East Yorkshire farrow-to-finish unit that has grown seven-fold in the past seven years through a carefully planned and executed expansion strategySome pig…
Investment in replacement breeding stock is a significant cost and, according to Stephen Hall of Stephen Hall Management, the future of your business is wrapped up…
Red Tractor has completely revamped its farm assurance standards, making them significantly shorter, with simple, easy-to-read content that clearly explains what each standard is, why it’s…
Red Tractor has published a “What Has Changed” leaflet that lists changes to the organisation’s pig scheme that producers will need to meet from October 2014.…
BPEX is to fund PCR testing of faeces or intestinal contents from outbreaks of diarrhoea in any age of pig on premises in England and Wales…