Senior agricultural experts from all EU member states will meet on Thursday this week (August 14) to assess the impact of the Russian ban on imports.…
Month: August 2014
Auctioneer Peter Crichton has two outdoor pig equipment auctions arranged for September. The first will be held on the September 13 at Tisbury, near Salisbury, Wiltshire,…
Staff at the Morrisons’ abattoirs in Colne and Spalding, both of which handle British pork, have achieved the Welfare of Animals at the Time Of Killing…
Fears of a pork price slump because of the latest Russian import ban, reported today (August 11) by the BBC, have little basis in fact, writes…
The majority of pig producers will be using precision feeding 10 years from now according to a leading Canadian research scientist. The economic benefits of precision…
Prices are continuing to ease with the latest DAPP slipping by 1.37p to 159.56p, which is something of a puzzle when compared to the SPP (Standard…
Russia’s ban on imports from the EU and other Western countries is likely to have a direct impact on EU prices and a knock-on effect on…
The battle to stop a straw-burning power station being built at Mendlesham in Suffolk has been won. Developer Eco2 has dropped its appeal against the local…
Making the transition from owning pigs to creating and selling your own produce has become considerably cheaper, easier and less stressful thanks to an Anglo-French company…
With temperatures recently hitting peaks of up to 32C inside piggeries, ventilation systems have been tested to their limits, according to environmental specialist Tim Miller of…