Polish pork significantly increased its prominence as a traded product within the EU in 2015, continuing a change of marketing patterns following the country’s problems with…
Year: 2016
The UK’s farming unions are to press for more rapid progress to secure an involvement by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in agriculture, a measure which…
Consumer involvement with basic meal-making processes is becoming less and less, with an increasing percentage of the population wanting speedy food solutions to fit in with…
Pig producers in the UK are in danger of losing their high-welfare reputation as the rest of Europe moves to end surgical castration, according to Zoetis.…
Further signs are emerging of something of a recovery in UK pig prices, but we still have a long way to go before producers can start…
The government is to devolve the role of providing guidance for the nation’s animal welfare codes to individual livestock sectors, with the new approach starting on…
Feed costs have fallen thanks to lower raw material prices, but this dynamic could lead to complacency in trying to maximise feed efficiency. With these lower…
I receive comments on various things throughout the year, and a big topic even a month after the event is TV appearances where Richard Lister and…
So, it seems, as has happened many times in the past, whenever we promote what’s great about British pork, we well and truly poke the vegan…
I think you’ll agree it’s nice to finally see some sunshine and warmer temperatures. However, it does seem that as soon as it dries out slightly,…