The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel reveal that German-owned discounter Aldi – a major supported of British meat – has leap-frogged Waitrose to become…
Year: 2015
Pork industry leaders in the US have “embraced” a White House action plan which includes doubling the amount of research funding committed to combatting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.…
Russian veterinary experts are to carry out inspections of export enterprises in Greece on April 20 in a move which is seen as being designed to…
A “more active” market for pigs in Ireland has been reported by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), in its latest weekly trade statement. IFA pigs committee…
The current Private Storage Aid (PSA) scheme for pigmeat appears to have had little impact on the EU pig market to date, according to BPEX. Noting…
The potential impact of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv) on the industry in Wales is to be the focus of a special producer meeting called by…
A number of issues, including the future release of stored pigmeat, continue to hang over the 2015 market, despite the recent emergence of “some degree of…
A research project designed to identify pigs with a genetic pre-disposition to degenerative joint disease has been launched by a broadly-based group of UK scientists, as…
The premium received for pigs in the UK over the EU average remained relatively stable during March at the equivalent of £27.76 per 100kg according the…
A £2.7 million boost to research at Roslin Institute in Edinburgh has been welcomed as a step which will improve the health of livestock around the…