Scotland’s pig producers have been asked to follow through on their 100% commitment to animal health and welfare by returning a signed copy of the industry’s…
Year: 2016
Organised criminals have so far failed to make “substantial in-roads” into the UK’s food supply chains, according to the first assessment report published today by the…
Germany and Spain are now the EU’s pork export leaders, taking over from Denmark in 2015 as the top supplier of pigmeat into third country markets,…
Irish pig sector leaders have asked the country’s farm minister, Simon Coveney, to distribute the €1 million (£790,000) of EU aid, which he is already holding…
A complete pork slaughterhouse, previously owned by Vion in Weimar, Germany, is currently being offered for sale online. Originally equipped to accommodate a throughout of 400…
Two-thirds of the 90,000 tonnes of pigmeat products which entered the EU’s private storage aid (PSA) scheme in January will be released back onto the market…
The possible use of increased amounts of rapeseed meal in finishing pig diets needs to be approached carefully concerning where the rapeseed is sourced and what…
EU pork exports increased by more than a quarter, year-on-year, in January, giving the sector “comfortably” its best start to the year on record, according to…
Time invested in training can result in more time being freed up in the future says pig unit manager, Sean King, who recently completed AHDB’s professional…
UK pork production rose by around 4% year-on-year in February, having increased by a little over 2% in January, according to AHDB Pork’s reading of the…