Swine influenza diagnoses in England increased “significantly” in the first quarter of this year, reaching its highest recorded level in the last 12 years, according to…
Month: June 2016
The animal health company, Alltech, has acquired Coppens International, a global aquatic feed solutions company based in the Netherlands. In becoming the 15th company which Alltech…
EU pig prices increased every week throughout May, rising to an end of month total of €140.76 per 100 kg, according to AHDB pork. Equivalent to…
Pig World editor Graeme Kirk visits a European farrow-to-finish unit that’s using the boar taint vaccine Improvac and wouldn’t consider moving back to surgical castration As…
Nominations are now open for the 2016 Chris Brant Award, which will be presented to this year’s recipient as part of the industry’s National Pig Awards…
AHDB Pork launched Think BioRisk at this year’s Pig & Poultry Fair. A new interactive app, it’s been designed to be used by anyone who steps…
Another Pig Fair has come and gone already. I have to say that sadly I missed most of it this year. Even though I was on…
A major report on how our planet feeds itself was released by the International Resource Panel (IRP) of the United Nations’ Environment Programme at the end…
We know it isn’t just the pig industry that’s in the doldrums, the whole of agriculture is in a dire situation. I understand that 162 food…
The Pig & Poultry Fair is an event that always seems to come and go very quickly, and this year was no exception with the two…