The latest updating of measures to prevent African swine fever (AFS) spreading across Europe has been approved by the EU. Signed off by European Commissioner for…
Month: September 2014
Nominations are now open for this year’s NPA Chris Brant Award, which will be presented at the National Pig Awards in November. The challenge, issued by…
Trading issues surrounding Ukraine, rising demand for ethanol and the impact of a record global wheat crop of 713.4m tonnes will be the focus of attention…
Freedom Food, the welfare-based assurance and food labelling scheme, is to be rebranded as “RSPCA Assured” next year following research showing that consumers would “recognise and…
A slaughter pig guarantee which will ensure producers in Denmark achieve a finishing margin of at least 87 Danish Krone (£9.30) a pig has been introduced by…
The European Commission (EC) has adopted proposals on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed to improve the health and wellbeing of animals, to tackle antimicrobial resistance…
It was another quiet day on the selling front with plenty of contract pigs about; spot buyers, once again, were able to pick and choose to…
The first week of September resulted in another downward step for GB SPP, which slipped to 156.91p per kg, according to BPEX. Although this was 10th…
Efforts are being made to develop a “predictive framework” to help elucidate the mechanisms of disease emergence, UK pig producers and vets were told during a…
EU Agriculture Commissioner designate, Phil Hogan, has committed himself to preserving the “continuity and further development of the farming sector and rural areas” once he takes…