It was another difficult day for sellers with prices remaining under pressure, mainly due to excess pigmeat supplies and much lower prices throughout much of mainland…
Month: October 2014
UK Pigmeat production in September reached its highest total for the month since 1999, with meat output for the year to date running nearly 3% up…
The European farmers body, Copa-Cogeca, has written to MEPs urging them to reject European Commission (EC) plans to slash agriculture spending in the 2015 EU budget…
The UK is heading for its biggest wheat crop since 2008 while the latest EU-28 cereals estimate for the 2014/15 marketing year shows a “bumper crop”…
There are just two weeks left to apply for the position of chairman of the AHDB’s Pig Sector Advisory Board, in other words to take over…
Copa-Cogeca has urged the EU to take further targeted measures, including in relation to the pigmeat, to prevent the agriculture sector from collapsing altogether as a…
A relatively tight pigmeat supply situation across the EU may not be sufficient to provide much support to prices, according to BPEX. Responding to the latest…
The new chief executive of Meadow Quality (MQ), the Warwickshire-based livestock marketing business, is Matt Nightingale.A multi-species operation, including a significant pig marketing business, MQ say…
A new cereals and oilseeds market information service has been launched by AHDB/HGCA to help producers keep up to date with “ever-changing market movements”. Unveiled during…
Oral fluid sampling is a stress-free way to monitor herd disease levels, when using cotton rope for pigs to chew, according to BPEX-sponsored PhD student, Lorna…