UK pigmeat supplies are forecast to carry on rising by around 3% year-on-year, indicating that prices will remain “under pressure” unless market demand also increases, according…
Year: 2015
Northern Ireland (NI) farm minister, Michelle O’Neill, says today’s inspection by the Chinese Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA) of NI pork processing plants, with a view…
ACMC, the pig breeding and genetic company, has gone into administration. Based at Driffield, East Yorkshire, the company has appointed administrators Begbies Traynor, whose representatives were…
The National Pig Association (NPA) is urging the public not to follow the current trend of keeping micro-pigs as fashion accessories, as such action could lead…
Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium have developed online scoring tools to help assess biosecurity weaknesses on pig and poultry farms. Initially developed for use as…
Brussels is expected to adopt new medicated feed regulations in August and it won’t just be compounders who’re affected – home mill-mixers will face new controls…
Scotland’s farming leaders have pitched into the GM/animal feed debate with a stark warning that the European Commission (EC) plan to let member states decide for…
Irish pig farming leaders have called for “immediate action” to be taken by the country’s Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, to address the current income crisis…
One of the few bright spots of the day were reports that UK live pig numbers are starting to dwindle a shade and, as a result,…
Input from a Danish pig research scientist and a case study focus on an English pig unit are listed as features of an innovation event taking…