The discovery of a new form of antibiotic with the potential to be “unlikely” to become subject to the development of future resistance has been claimed…
Month: January 2015
Tulip has announced that 78 jobs at the company’s Tipton site in the West Midlands are “at risk of redundancy”, due to the loss of significant…
The next 12 months could easily become another year that pig producers will want to forget, following on from 2014’s steady decline in pigmeat prices, according…
Russia’s state veterinary service, Rosselkhoznadzor, has objected to the way Belarus has handled African Swine Fever (ASF) and how both the EU and Ukraine are dealing…
A four-year research project at the University of Nottingham, designed to deliver improved pig farm feed efficiency, has secured funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences…
The annual confidence survey commissioned by BPEX should reach producers, and members of the allied industry, this week. “I would urge anybody who receives a questionnaire…
Every pig producer in Ireland is making a loss with many facing ruin unless prices rise says the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), in an urgent call…
The gap between farmgate and retail pigmeat prices was greater in December 2014 than at any point in the previous two years, according to BPEX.While the…
It’s been a disappointing start to the year, with retail demand reported to be “very quiet”, not to mention the ongoing slump in cull sow prices.Contract…
The continuing release of Christmas sales figures by leading supermarket chains includes the reporting, today, by Marks and Spencer of a strong festive performance for its…