A major pig equipment dispersal sale on behalf of Eastern Pig Contractors is to be held at Martlesham, near Ipswich, on May 16. “The existing pig…
Month: April 2015
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is lobbying for the rejection of draft EU legislation on future crop use in biofuel production, arguing that such a move…
BPEX wants more vets to download its pig sampling app for smartphones and tablets for use in relation to Real Welfare (RW) assessments, warning that the…
UK pigmeat production in March totalled 69,300 tonnes, an increase of 5% higher on the same month last year, and the highest March figure since 2000,…
The highly virulent strain of PEDv that decimated piglet numbers in the US, and is rife in Asia, will almost certainly appear in Europe, and even…
The need to maintain “high food production and animal welfare standards” was highlighted during a key voting session in the European Commission (EC) agriculture committee on…
Getting a robust animal disease strategy in place across the EU before the next big disease challenge occurs could be vital to the UK agricultural industry…
A call for European legislation to be adapted to allow insect products to fulfil their potential as a “sustainable and innovative source of animal proteins” for…
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) says there is a “desperate need for improved farmgate returns” given low farm incomes and the uncertainty facing the industry…
Restaurants, fast-food outlets and other foodservice companies have been urged by the National Pig Association (NPA) to follow the lead of the country’s supermarkets by sourcing…