Sponsored by Huvepharma Winner – Heath Barn Farm Suffolk-based Heath Barn Farm is run by Richard and Maggie Lane, who put their herd’s excellent performance down…
Year: 2014
Sponsored by Huvepharma Winner – Blanchard Enterprises This is a family run farrow-to-finish operation in Oxfordshire. There are currently 740 productive sows on site. Over the…
Using higher-quality boars is helping a Yorkshire farmer increase the slaughterweight of his finishing pigs by more than 17% cent while maintaining grading, thus improving returns…
The campaign to end non-stun slaughter and provide consumers with better information about the welfare of animals at slaughter has received a positive response from Government…
Last time I discussed the possible flight from recording and suggested that not showing most, if not all, records in graphical form could be a major…
The RSPCA is looking for help from producers with freedom farrowing systems to help it to draw-up specific requirements for indoor loose (free) farrowing accommodation. The…
Veterinary experts from across the EU have endorsed temporary safeguard measures suggested by the EC’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) to…
A sow and her piglets proved one of the major attractions when Alexander & Angell (Farms), in Gloucestershire, welcomed members of the public as part of…
Farmers and industry are invited to see first-hand the role on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) can play on farms in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, being self-sufficient in…
Moreton-in-Marsh Show, held at the Gloucestershire town, will have pig classes for the first time on Saturday, September 6.The classes will include the judging of a…