There were a few slight hopeful rays of watery, wintery sunshine on the pig front today, and although the SPP continues its decline and has now…
Year: 2015
Fully funded clinics with farm buildings’ specialists, covering such items as how to design a layout to optimise animal health and performance, are being offered to…
A new one-shot vaccine against oedema disease, which can cause piglet mortality of up to 10% in affected herds, is being launched by Hysolv Animal Health…
The strength of the British pig industry, especially in terms of high level quality assurance and welfare standards, will be highlighted during a special breakfast meeting…
Fresh and frozen pork exports from EU-28 declined by 2% in 2014, finishing the year on a total of 1.6 million tonnes, according to BPEX. Quoting…
Food prices are the “top concern” for 50% of consumers, according to the latest biannual public attitudes tracker published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Questioned…
The potential to secure improvements in animal health, welfare and disease resistance, are all implicated in the awarding of £1.9 million of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences…
Irish pig farm leaders have welcomed a price increase this week which was “passed back” by two processors, but with questions about why others haven’t done…
A Defra-run “smarter guidance and data” review, including pig farming questions, aims to reduce the time needed for new businesses to find out about their obligations…
A specialist UK provider of on-farm environmental assessments, designed to improve understanding concerning greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and the food chain, has been acquired by…