Contract pigs were traded for the first time without the protective umbrella of the DAPP, which has been replaced with the Standard Pig Price (SPP). Much…
Year: 2014
Pig prices edged up by 0.41p in the week to October 4, probably as a result of changes to some contracts following the end of the…
The rules governing drivers’ hours for some vehicles, including those used to carry live animals from farms to local markets or abattoirs, are set to change…
Around 30 years ago the idea of annual appraisals became fashionable, especially among bigger companies, writes John Gadd. Some years later the bigger pig units took…
An inspirational leader is being sought by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to chair the Pig Sector Advisory Board from March 2015. The task…
A leading feed company director has said he’s currently looking at “stable prices through to next harvest”, a situation he added was as good for his…
GB retail sausage sales fell by 18,000 tonnes in the year ending September 2014, with a clear shift in spending by consumers from premium to standard-tier…
The CLA, the landowners’ organisation, has called on the government to recognise farming and landowning concerns over shale gas development. A CLA letter, sent to Energy…
The EU needs to remove the “barriers to new technologies” which are currently hampering agricultural development in Europe, Copa-Cogeca’s vice president, Ricardo Serra, told 650 farmers…
A senior director of the supermarket giant, Morrisons, has written to the National Farmers Union (NFU) to voice the company’s commitment to the British farming industry,…