Regulatory changes in antibiotic use, an update on PEDv controls and a focus on how rapid-responding vaccines can be used to combat emerging diseases will be…
Year: 2015
A new supplementary feed for reproductive sows can boost sow and piglet vitality and also support future reproductive performance, increasing sow productivity. Dextrosow, from Trouw Nutrition…
Increased switching by consumers from pork to other proteins, mainly chicken and lamb, was a factor in declining sales across all pigmeat products apart from pork…
Although the SPP has continued to slide, and now stands at its lowest point since its conception, standing at 131.11p/kg, there was a slightly firmer feeling…
Construction work has begun on the £25m innovation centre and campus hub being built at the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush site, a development which will…
Continued deflation in food products poses a “very real threat” to the farming industry says the NFU’s head of food and farming, Phil Bicknell. Noting that…
Demand for pigs on the domestic market in Ireland is “picking up” according the Irish Farmers Association (IFA). “Reports from farmers suggest that factories are now…
Pig farmers in China’s Guangdong Province were “gobsmacked” when confronted with the growth rates being achieved by producers in the UK and USA by Farmex boss,…
Of late, the veterinary team has been busy with several large projects that require development and resource to get them up and running. While the team…
Last month I was talking about the combination of additives currently used in piglet starter feeds as ways to improve growth. This was on the back…