Pig producers in Denmark have voluntarily set themselves the target of halving their use of the antibiotic, Tetracycline, before the end of 2015. The move is…
Year: 2014
Experienced agri-food and animal health specialist, Dawn Howard, has been named as the new chief executive officer of the National Office of Animal Health (NOAH). Taking…
Advice on how to extract maximum pigmeat output from every square metre of building space will be one of the key features of the coming series…
The Danish pig industry is to invest the equivalent of up to £1.6 million in state-of-the-art lorry cleaning facilities to help prevent infectious diseases from spreading…
A newly formed farmer co-operative called QPL has bought Brechin abattoir from AP Jess (Brechin). Pig supply co-ops Scottish Pig Producers and Scotlean are both involved…
Signs are emerging that pig values could possibly be bumping along the bottom in price terms, but with an estimated cost of production of 145p/kg sellers…
Eating out at restaurants and other food outlets has grown for the third quarter running, but this doesn’t necessarily mean consumers have totally relaxed their food…
The scheduled relaunch early next year of the Danepak brand by Tulip Ltd., took a step forward this week with the company’s selection of London-based advertising…
A Monogastric Science Research Centre has been launched by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) focusing on the College’s work on pigs and poultry, particularly in relation to…
A £479,000 Defra-funded research project is seeking teenagers’ views on how they care for animals, with a link to how such attitudes may affect future shopping…