AHDB/BPEX calculations for the spread between farmgate and retail prices for June 2014 indicate a 1% increase in the producer share from the previous month, to…
Month: July 2014
Pig World editor Graeme Kirk reports from France, where the country’s Institute of Pork (IFIP) is looking at how tailoring a pig’s diet to its sex…
There’s still time to nominate somebody to receive the pig industry’s highest honour, the David Black Award.It has been presented annually since 1960 to somebody who’s…
One of my neighbours started on his winter barley on July 10, which is about a week earlier than normal. That’s a week before Driffield Show,…
Pig meat production in the EU is expected to start picking up slowly after two years of tight supplies according to the directorate general for Agriculture…
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), have finalised agreements that further extend earned recognition to the animal feed sector. This will…
BPEX has announced some changes in responsibility for some of its personnel that will take effect this autumn. The current knowledge transfer (KT) manager for the…
Prices held at generally similar levels with the DAPP a shade firmer at 163.87p and contract prices followed this trend.Spot bacon buyers absorbed any spare pigs…
Delegates to the Society for Applied Microbiology’s annual Summer Conference, taking place this week in Brighton, have heard how veterinary laboratories in Europe are working together…
EU pig prices increased during the four weeks to June 22, reaching their highest point for the year so far at 171.10c/kg (136.24p/kg).This was about 3.98p/kg…