Quality Meat Scotland main objectives for 2014/15 is to increase livestock numbers and make sure that a bigger proportion of Scottish-reared cattle, sheep and pigs are…
Year: 2014
The first GB APP, BPEX’s new Average Pigs Price, was published late on Wednesday afternoon after the figure was calculated and double-checked. The figure appeared in…
Confirmed cases of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the US are continuing to rise. The USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) reported an…
Buying food for today, or tonight, rather than for the week ahead, is set to become an increasing trend in UK supermarkets according to Sainsbury’s, commenting…
Exotic diseases threatening the UK pig sector have been discussed at a special round-table meeting in London attended by nearly 50 industry representatives.The meeting, which was…
Despite two upcoming “short” weeks, prices have remained firm for all weights, helped by a slight improvement in the DAPP, which rose by 0.23p and now…
Of all the inputs monitored by PIVIT project farms, feed and water are what producers are most interested in. Maybe it’s because feed, as a primary…
Producers have until the end of the month to get themselves signed off as competent to carry out euthanasia on pigs.The training can be carried out…
Members of the European Commission’s working group on pig meat forecast that pig supplies are set to tighten further in 2014.Reporting the numbers in Pig Market…
Here we are at the start of warmer, brighter late spring/early summer days, writes John Gadd. It’s such a relief to walk outdoor farms (I live…