China is now the UK’s largest single export market for pork and pork products, generating sales worth just under £60 million in 2014. “China is increasingly…
Month: April 2015
Irish pig farm leaders are forecasting an “inevitable” rise in prices over the next few weeks, despite reporting that values remain “disappointingly” static in Ireland at…
The UK imported 7% more pork in February than in the same month last year but also saw year-on-year exports rise by 10%, according to BPEX.…
An investigation of the genetics of Porcine Respiratory Syndrome virus (PRRS) is included a new £6 million funding allocation announced by the Animal Health Research Club…
The Red Tractor scheme is seeking to appoint a new chairman to replace David Gregory who will be standing down later this year having completed the…
Research results from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) show that environmental stress, related to such factors as high temperatures or crowding, can cause Porcine CircoVirus Associated…
An online consultation on how science and innovation can help the EU to ensure the safe, nutritious, sufficient and sustainable supply of food globally has been…
Global meat prices fell again in March, with lower pigmeat and poultry values driving a downward trend which is now into its eighth month, according to…
A new set of robust rules for lorry washing at abattoirs will be announced later this month by the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) as part…
It was a relatively quiet day as far as buyers and sellers of spot and contract bacon pigs were concerned, with the SPP marginally lower, easing…