A couple of thoughts occurred to me after some recent visits round outdoor units. One concerned rather too many thin sows after several surprisingly mild spells,…
Year: 2016
I still don’t know how we go about getting a fairer deal for producers, who always take the brunt if there’s a downturn in the market.…
As I write this column, the pig industry is once again facing tough times. It doesn’t take someone with the predictive powers of Nostradamus to work…
Pig diets can tick all the right boxes, but still not perform quite as well as they should. The nutritionist should have taken age and phase…
I have to say that the past few weeks have been fantastic in terms of the media coverage that we’ve been able to attract, especially from…
We often look to The Continent for hints and tips on how to increase the efficiency of UK pig production, but AHDB Pork’s recent webinar, Coping…
The prospect of being able to raise pigs that have a high level of resistance to African swine fever (ASF) and/or PRRSv is getting closer, thanks…
Most pig breeders in post Soviet Union states have had to face very negative market conditions with extremely low purchasing prices. Where efficiency of businesses has…
The pigmeat processor Tulip has begun a period of collective consultation with employees over plans to halve production levels at its site in Bromborough, on the…
Plans to help French pig farmers “reconquer markets currently supplied by imports” are on target for an April 1, 2016, launch, report the French and German…