Reduced promotional activity by supermarkets in the pork sector has contributed to a fall in sales volume for most cuts in the last quarter, the exception…
Year: 2015
Irish pig farming leaders are targeting processors and compound feed suppliers equally, in search of a much-needed improvement in margins for producers. Following a pig sector…
Salespeople don’t lie, but they do lean the boat into the wind which suits them best, and shear away from facts that are in the wrong…
Feed sector concerns will play a major part in next month’s AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds’ Grain Market Outlook Conference, including a detailed look at the “fragile”…
The EU-28 protein crop sector is on target to achieve a 35% increase in production this year, according to new forecasts released by CopaCogeca, the European…
Contrasting trends in EU pig prices have developed in recent weeks with northern Europe performing better than southern member states, according to AHDB Pork. German and…
New research has found that a flu virus strain that occurs in horses, dogs, birds and seals, can go undetected in host pigs, raising concern among…
The ongoing price war between the UK’s supermarkets is continuing to enable shoppers to reduce their spending on food, according to the latest grocery share figures…
Food producers and retailers have been urged by the government to give more information on labels about where in Britain their food comes from. The call,…
An overall decline in the EU breeding herd suggests that the growth in pig slaughterings should slow in the second half of this year, and into…