Although pig prices look as though they’re on the rise after the traditional January/February dip, the political situation in Ukraine is continuing to unsettle commodity markets,…
Year: 2014
The total number of pigs on commercial English farms on December 1, 2013 was a little more than 3.6 million, according to figures released by Defra.…
Pig units are often ideally placed to not only make savings in their energy use, but to generate their own power too. It’s no surprise, therefore,…
December pig census figures published by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development indicate a 1% year-on-year increase in total pig numbers in Northern Ireland, to…
There’s little sign of the usual turnaround in pig prices that cames at this time of year, BPEX reports in its latest Pig Market Weekly. The…
Aberdeenshire farmer Kevin Gilbert (pictured) now heads NFU Scotland’s pigs working groups after long-serving chairmen Philip Sleigh stood down. Mr Gilbert, of Kintore, Aberdeenshire, farms about…
The AHDB/HGCA Winter Planting Survey shows a rebound in winter cropping in England and Wales for harvest 2014, compared with harvest 2013. A total of 2.976M…
If you think energy is a fixed cost you can’t do much about, think again. In the fourth article in our series of six taking a…
The JSR Farming Group, one of the largest family-owned farming companies in the UK, has launched a new initiative to help farmers increase profitability and yields…
An overview of the PIVIT Project, which was established to aid the achievement of sustainable production in the UK pig sector through the application and use…