Despite the upcoming Bank Holiday Monday, no major glut of pigs in the system and with all of the big players slaughtering on Monday, it’s been…
Month: August 2015
Intelligent and informative marketing to explain the benefits of red meat is absolutely essential if producers are to grow or even just maintain their domestic customer…
The government has been told to “keep out of decisions about how the pig levy is spent”, with this “unequivocal message” being dispatched with massive majority…
The current state of Europe’s dairy and pigmeat sectors has been identified by EU farm commissioner, Phil Hogan, as the key concerns facing member state farm…
Zoonotic infections threaten us like never before, world-leading expert Professor Tom Solomon will tell next month’s British Veterinary Association (BVA) members’ day gathering in Edinburgh. Director…
China’s currency and stock market crisis has the potential to affect the global market for soya, given that the country currently accounts for around two-thirds of…
The significant disease charter, launched in June this year by AHDB Pork, now covers 40,000 sows, an initial sign-up which is seen as a “good start”…
A £623 million Rural Development Programme (RDP) has been approved by the European Commission (EC) for the industry in Northern Ireland, creating fresh opportunities for improving…
Increased pigmeat production in Germany in the first half of 2015 has resulted in the country exporting more and importing less, with UK suppliers suffering lost…
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) says its pig producing members are “disillusioned” with the current low prices on the domestic market and that supermarkets need to…