Consumer spending on pork was down 4% year-on-year during March to May, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel data. The fall in sales was driven by…
Year: 2014
Despite significant industry restructuring, Quality Meat Scotland’s 2014 Scottish Red Meat Industry Profile reports that output from the pig sector North of the Border contracted by…
A series of recommendations has been produced to strengthen the country’s readiness to tackle new and emerging diseases. The risk to the pig industry from exotic…
New Government rules mean sausages can now be served more often in both primary and secondary schools.The new rules, which were announced by ministers and will…
The British Meat Processors’ Association (BMPA) has reacted strongly to claims in a BBC documentary that the recent change to pig carcase inspections at abattoirs will…
Two pigs from a Perthshire farm are preparing for four days of stardom on the Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) stand (avenue O, stand 582) at this…
Producers are being asked to allow a little time when the new Pig Hub launches later this week.BPEX database manager Jenny Newman said it was important…
It was a less buoyant day than expected, and finished pig and sow prices have been affected by a surge in the value of the pound,…
The EU-spec DAPP for the week ended June 7 edged up slightly to 164.53p/kg, according the latest BPEX figures.Writing in the latest Pig Market Weekly, the…
The latest EU-28 pig slaughtering figures published by Eurostat placed monthly throughputs 2% above the previous year’s level.BPEX’s Pig Market Weekly reports, however, that the increase…