A science-based approach to production, clear leadership and clarity of focus regarding rising consumer needs will deliver enough nutritious, affordable food to satisfy the nine billion…
Month: August 2014
Treating weaning as a process, not an event, is clearly understood on farms but not always achieved says Hillsborough Research Institute’s Dr Elizabeth Magowan. Speaking to…
The 2014 British Pig & Poultry Fair scored a 93% hit with visitors concerning the value of the event to their business. According to a post-event…
The EU pork market will improve seasonally during the rest of 2014 but will not reach the highs experienced in most other countries according to the…
Grants totalling £1.87 million have been awarded under the Global Food Security programme to address the challenges surrounding the UK agri-food system, food safety, food fraud/crime…
Agriculture ministers from Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia have agreed to combine their efforts to tackle African swine fever (ASF).At a meeting in the Lituanian capital,…
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has lifted furazolidone restrictions from 97 pig farms. The farms, which were previously placed under restriction during…
The Wellcome Trust has acquired the Co-operative Group’s farms business for £249 million, a deal which includes 15,997 hectares, 100 residential properties, three pack houses and…
Assessing the climate change impact of pig farming is a much more complex question than merely taking feed conversion ratio (FCR) as the only indicator of…
A new Advisory Board to help cut red tape for farmers is to be set by the Scottish Government. The move follows the publication of ‘Doing…