This week’s email newsletter is a bit later than normal, but with good reason. From this morning you can can take part in the National Pig…
Month: September 2014
The judges of the inaugural National Pig Awards convened on Monday, July 28 to assess all the entries received. Reflecting on the day, the chair of…
The National Pig Awards is designed to promote and reward excellence throughout the entirety of our industry. Therefore it’s only right we have an award for…
A regularly updated library of facts and figures about the meat industry is now being published online by BPEX and EBLEX on a free access basis…
The idea of making the British livestock industry more self-sufficient in protein feed doesn’t work in reality, according to research findings from the University of Reading’s…
US researchers have reported that Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) can become airborne, remaining infectious while suspended in the air, and that PEDv genetic material can…
The size of the Canadian pig herd on July 1 was 12.9m, an increase of 1% on the year, according to BPEX.Based on the latest figures…
The newly published final report into the horsemeat scandal, which includes the idea of setting up a food crime unit, has been welcomed by the National…
Some current legislation governing the converting of agricultural buildings to other commercial uses could potentially end in spring 2016, placing a crucial time pressure on farmers…
I hear it everywhere, “It’s so difficult to get good labour these days”, followed by “Industry and commerce seem to get the best in my area”,…