Anyone running a biomass-based heating system must comply with new sustainability requirements when they come into force on October 5, 2015, or risk losing entitlement to…
Year: 2015
Innovative research proposals are being sought by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for a range of meat sector issues, including improvements in technology use in meat…
There’s still no signs of any real recovery in pig prices, with the SPP dropping by 0.43p/kg to 132.58p, and spot buyers describing demand as “quiet”.…
AHDB is to hold a series of meetings with Scottish producers to discuss future levy-funded priorities, as part of a restructuring move to deliver “more efficiency…
Exchange rate fluctuations over the past year between sterling and the US dollar were arguably large enough to be the difference between the average UK pig…
New guidelines covering the responsible sourcing of soya for use in animal feeds have been published by FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation. The aim of…
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…
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…