The US pig herd reached a new record on December 1, 2015, hitting 68.3 million head, the highest since size estimates began in 1988, according to…
Year: 2016
Waitrose, a 100% supporter of British pork, has reported gross sales for the six weeks including Christmas and New Year of £859.8m, up 1.2% compared with…
Farming is less entrepreneurial than many other industries, according to the newly published 2016 Oxford Farming Conference report. Authored by the Andersons Centre’s Graham Redman and…
Pig sector research efforts in the Netherlands have been given a fresh platform for innovation with the appointment of Theo Duteweerd as the full-time manager of…
The Northern Ireland government is working closely with pork processors to get exports moving to China as soon as possible in 2016, according to a “supportive”…
An analysis of pig sector prospects in 2016 will feature as part of a new round of spring seminars organised by the farm business consultancy, Andersons.…
Officially launched in October 2015, ForFarmers’ new VIDA range of piglet feeds is the first to be developed in conjunction with the company’s Nutrition Innovation Centre…
New research suggests that feeding food waste to pigs (currently banned under EU law) could save 1.8 million hectares of global agricultural land and provide a…
It’s fair to say that kilos of pigs produced per sow is probably at its most critical at the moment. Low pig prices focus attention on…
Like many other people at this time of year, I’ve been spending some quality time with my family. In fact, I’ve spent quite a bit of…