More questions than answers as far as next year is concerned, but that is nothing new for many of us. With the latest SPP and AHDB…
Year: 2017
A total of 24 candidates have announced their intention to run in the NPA’s New Year elections, with voting underway in January. Since Christmas, two new…
NPA chairman Richard Lister has described an anti-pig farming advert by vegan campaign group Viva! as ‘totally misleading’. The NPA has reported the UK’s first vegan cinema…
Another ‘curate’s egg’ (good in parts) year draws to a close with the SPP slipping again by 0.42p to stand at 151p which almost exactly matches…
Three major supermarket chains have published antibiotic usage data, with others now under pressure to follow suit. Marks & Spencer become the first major retailer to…
EU pig prices have remained largely stable since the start of November, declining by just €0.61 in the past 5 weeks, to reach €14516/100kg in week…
Clean pig slaughterings in November totalled 964.1 thousand head, according to the latest data from Defra, almost 2% higher than the same month of 2016. Despite…
Pork sales increased in volume and value in the 12 weeks to December 3, new figures from Kantar WorldPanel show. Pork sales increased in volume and value…
Family pork producers Robertson’s Fine Foods of Ayrshire has secured its first listing with Morrisons. The range – which features Pork Sausages, Pork Chipolatas and Cracked…
Nineteen candidates have been confirmed so for the New Year NPA elections. With just over a fortnight to go until nominations close, a total of eight producers…