The recent pulled pork marketing campaign led by AHDB Pork showed incremental sales of fresh pork, including added value pork products, of £7.8 million as a…
Year: 2015
Global food prices are at their lowest level for almost six years according to the latest food price index compiled by the UN Food and Agriculture…
In the second part of our three-part series exploring the steps producers can take to prevent disease from infecting and spreading throughout a site, or to…
Quality Equipment is celebrating its half-century this year. It was in 1965 that its founder, Glyn Baker, decided to set up as an agricultural engineer, initially…
The continuing weakness of the euro against sterling is costing GB pig producers in the region of 15-20p/kg according to a new analysis by AHDB Pork,…
Producers are being advised to raise the set temperature on pig building control systems on hot days to reduce temperature fluctuations, especially in finishing sheds. According…
Fresh talks have taken place between meat export officials in Russia and China concerning trade between the two countries, including exports of Russian pigmeat. According to…
Views on a European Commission (EC) proposal to amend the regulation of genetically modified (GM) food and feed is being sought by the Food Standards Agency…
The UK distributor of a new natural German feed additive that’s claimed to improve the performance of all classes of pigs is looking for a limited…
The recent emergence of four wild boar pigs in Suffolk has prompted the National Pig Association (NPA) to urge farmers to report all future sightings to…