Human and animal health bodies and the security sector must work together to strengthen global health systems in the face of potential disease transmission, according to…
Month: August 2015
The prospect of a shift towards more “lower-valued” pigmeat products being imported by China is one of the possibilities being considered by a leading market analyst…
Compound pig feed prices remained “relatively low” during the second quarter of 2015, holding close to late-2014 levels which were themselves the lowest for four years,…
Pig industry researchers in Australia are claiming major progress and breakthroughs in pig and pork R&D from the first four years of an eight-year improvement programme…
Danish Crown has changed the structure of its fresh pork division in a move designed to deliver “even better synergies” for the business. The new structure…
China’s decision to devalue its national currency, the yuan, by 1.9% is unlikely to have too much short-term impact on the pigmeat trade, although the move…
UK farming leaders have demanded clear and urgent action from the government, industry and EU, to deliver a “seismic change” in the way food is sold.…
Farmers and vets are being urged by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) to increase their reporting of adverse reactions, or lack of efficacy, attached to the…
Signs of a recovery in US pork exports are beginning to show through with second quarter sales up 6% year-on-year, having been as much as 15%…
The Scottish Government has banned the production of genetically modified (GM) crops in Scotland, a move which the country’s farming leaders say is “disappointing” at a…