With feed representing the major cost of pig production – as much as 70% in some countries – the relationship between feed usage and productivity was…
Year: 2014
According to new data published by the European Commission, the UK has some of the best carcase classification results in the EU. In 2013, 78% of…
Some 40 years ago, after writing a few press articles based on my farm experience of attending to piggery ventilation, I got a tactful letter from…
PIC is implementing relationship-based genomic selection in all of its crossbred boar products from next month (August 2014).The company will continue its differentiated implementation of genomic…
There have been significant falls in barley straw prices in some parts of Britain in the past week as the barley harvest got underway in earnest.…
The Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has announced that Dr Bert Lambooij DVM, of the Animal Science Group, Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, has won its 2014…
NFU president Meurig Raymond was in Strasbourg on Wednesday (July 15) to rally support from MEPs to sign the ‘Back British Farming EU pledge.’ By signing…
European pig breeders have found a lucrative market selling pigs to China in recent years, but a new study by Wageningen University in the Netherlands published…
NFU president Meurig Raymond has strongly criticised Tesco’s decision to heavily promote New Zealand lamb in the middle of the prime season for British lamb, given…
Tulip played host to more than 150 suppliers ranging from pig producers to ingredients, packaging and equipment companies at a recent event to mark the launch…