Now in its third year, the organisers of the National Pig Awards are now accepting entries for the 2016 awards. Unlike other award schemes, these awards…
Month: May 2016
Pig prices are continuing on their upward track, after their relentless decline, which saw the SPP tumble from 143.5p at the start of 2015 to hit…
All EU member states’ economies will grow as a result of a completed new trade agreement between the US and the EU, with exports from Europe…
Billed as the first complete rethink of the farrowing ark for many years, the Aardvark Farrowing Hut, designed by Rattlerow Farms and manufactured by Contented Products,…
If a specialist adviser or vet visits your farm and tells you you’re doing something wrong then “man up” and take notice of what’s being said.…
When it was announced that JSR was forming a genetic partnership with Topigs Norsvin in May 2015, it was stated that the sow-breeding line of the…
The IDAL system has finally come of age with the introduction of the new Porcilis PCV ID vaccine from MSD, which will be available in the…
Pig sector payments equivalent to £2600 per producer have started arriving on around 300 approved Irish farms under a joint EU/Irish government support package agreed in…
The production of compound feeds for breeding pigs fell by 5%, year on year, in the first quarter of this year, a fact which “may be…
A commitment to the use of computer-based data recording is making a big difference to the way North Yorkshire pig farmer, Stephen Tuer, runs his business,…