The loss of vital plant protection products (PPPs), currently under threat from within the European parliament (EP), could cut UK farming profits by 36% according to…
Year: 2014
Pigmeat production in the US is forecast to rise by 5% in 2015, with an increase of around 3% in exports, according to the latest global…
A British pig sector trade mission, targeting the 100,000-tonne-a-year pigmeat market in the Philippines, identified “scope for expansion”, according to joint-organisers BPEX and UK Trade and…
Consumer concerns about food imported into the UK, especially meat, have increased in the past two years according to the latest “Food and You” survey, commissioned…
The cost of the UK’s 2001 foot and mouth outbreak would have been £20 million less if adaptive management methods had been used, according to new…
It would be “no surprise” to see a resumption of the downward trend in the EU breeding herd next year, according to a detailed review by…
Fields in England which are filled with solar panels, rather than crops or livestock, will cease to be eligible for CAP payments from January 2015, it…
A plan detailing how the UK pig industry might deal with antimicrobial usage is being drawn up for distribution as a consultation document, following an all-industry…
Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Elizabeth Truss has told Pig World that she believes China offers “big” market opportunities for British pork exporters, writes Colin Ley.…
A leading Canadian food sector executive has told Pig World that the EU will not be top of his country’s pork export list even when the…