Cranswick plc has notified BPEX that it will no longer be participating in the voluntary Deadweight Average Pig Price (DAPP) sample at either of its pig…
Year: 2014
Two years after the publication of the BPEX roadmap for the environmental sustainability of the English pig industry, it’s been revealed that the reduction in climate…
It’s been revealed that Cranswick and Tulip both acquired assets from the administrators of the collapsed pig rearer Dent Ltd during the third week of December…
Uneven litters at birth – some nice big piglets, but rather too many small ones – is a problem that’s been with us for years, writes…
Feed additives that, under commercial conditions, are proven to save money are something of a holy grail. If you look at the range of materials we…
It seems we still have the mischievous few who are hell bent on crippling our livestock industry in the name of animal welfare. As is so…
I can’t quite believe that by the time you read this a new year will be upon us. I hope you enjoyed the festive period and…
The third week in January is often a difficult time for sellers, with a combination of purse-tightening by consumers as well as much cheaper imports hitting…
The share of the pork retail price received by producers was little changed in December 2013, based on retail prices collected by AHDB/BPEX.Farmgate prices were slightly…
Eurostat figures for October 2013 (the most recent available) show EU pig slaughterings totalled 22.1 million head, about 1% lower than in the same month of…