The application of “cutting edge technology to safeguard pig health” will be the focus of this year’s BPEX innovation conference at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on May…
Month: March 2015
Just under 26,000 tonnes of pigmeat has been taken off the market so far under the European Commission’s private storage scheme according to official figures covering…
Unfortunately, demand tended to match the gloomy “eclipse” weather conditions on Friday morning in the east of England, with plenty of pigs about and less demand…
Zoetis has unveiled its Centre for Digital Innovation (CDI) that will create sophisticated digital products that enable data-driven decision-making to enhance precision farming and improve animal…
The government is to invest £12 million in the creation of the UK’s first national Centre for Agricultural Innovation, a move which has drawn an enthusiastic…
Pigmeat consumption in the EU is expected to “hold up” during 2015, following on from a year of contrasting developments for consumer purchases across Europe, according…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking to close an “awareness gap” concerning the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Europe by running…
There have been significant developments in Europe in the last year relating to Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv), although only in the “milder” form of the…
Chancellor George Osborne’s budget announcement allowing farmers to average incomes for tax purposes over five years has been welcomed by the National Farmers Union (NFU) as…
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has reported that pig prices in Ireland remain “unchanged” despite positive price movement within the UK and with exchange rates which…