US pig breeding numbers rose by 4% last year, increasing at their fastest rate since 1998, potentially leading to a 5-6% rise in slaughterings throughout most…
Month: January 2015
Farmers can expect to see red diesel prices continuing to slide with the likelihood that it will be “many months” before oil prices rise again as…
Yorkshire pig farmer, Andy Brown, has invested £19,000 in a ready-to-use nursery cabin after seeing a similar unit in operation on one of Rattlerow Farms’ 600-sow…
UK pigs were in plentiful supply during December according to BPEX, quoting the latest figures from Defra. “Clean pig slaughterings were 5% higher during the month…
The Irish pig farming industry is paying the equivalent of £23 million a year more for its compound feed than is being charged elsewhere in the…
The UK’s first agriculture and food counsellor in China has been appointed to help increase British food and drink exports to the country, which is estimated…
BPEX has issued a fresh warning to UK pig producers, stating that as the threat of PEDv is getting ever closer, with more unconfirmed outbreaks being…
Suggestions that the Russians may be about to do a U-turn on its ban on imports of pork from EU member states should be treated with…
It was more of a grey Friday than a black one, but still a tough day for sellers in all departments and the only slight bright…
The uncontrolled movement of people and animals across country borders has been highlighted by the European Food Safety Authority (ESFA) as one of the key “pathways”…