New “concrete ideas” on EU market support measures for Europe’s struggling pigmeat and dairy sectors are to be gathered by the European Commission over the next…
Month: February 2016
Wholesome Pigs Scotland (WPS), the country’s pig health and disease monitoring operation, has been awarded £391,000 by the Scottish government to undertake a three-year development programme…
Europe’s farm leaders have moved quickly to have their say on the setting up of a new EU animal welfare platform, urging member state farm ministers…
Clear nutritional differences exist between organic and non-organic meat and milk, according to the findings of a new study carried out by researchers at Newcastle University…
More work needs to be done on two pig-related areas of animal welfare research, UK farm minister, George Eustice, said in Brussels today. Speaking during a…
Indications that EU pigmeat supplies may be beginning to tighten are highlighted in AHDB Pork’s latest review of early year prices, alongside evidence of another potential…
Market support for pigmeat, African swine fever (ASF), antimicrobial resistance and a new European animal welfare strategy are all on the agenda for discussion during today’s…
A collaborative agreement has been signed between Farmex, the Berkshire-based energy and control company, and Kcomber, a Chinese market research business based in Guangzhou. The agreement…
“No worse than last week”. Those were the five words most commonly heard today, with spot prices (thankfully) appearing to end their recent slump. And although…
French prime minister, Manuel Valls, has promised to include pigmeat in his discussions with the Russian prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, when they meet on Saturday. “I…