Surplus stocks of pork and bacon are virtually non-existent in Ireland with the market for pigmeat in the country now classed as “extremely strong for the…
Month: February 2017
Compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 fell by 1% on the year, in 2016, settling at 153.4 million tonnes, according to data provided by…
The EU pig herd is still declining according to the latest census results released by Eurostat. “The EU pig breeding herd declined by 5% year-on-year in…
Europe’s farm leaders have urged the European Commission to build on the success of trade deals with Mexico, South Korea and Switzerland by “stepping up” its…
There is clear evidence that “ambitious and balanced” trade deals work for European food and farming says Europe’s Farm Commissioner Phil Hogan. He was speaking earlier…
Online sellers of rodenticides have been reminded by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) that the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime requires the same stringent point-of-sale…
A warning that it could be fully two years before EU pig producers gain any real benefit from last week’s World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling against…
AHDB Pork has announced the appointment of four new board members who will take up their term of office on April 1. The new people are…
Producers are walking with a slight ‘spring’ in their step with the SPP up a shade to 149.81p/kg and further signs of a shortage of UK…
The World Trade Organisation’s Appellate Body has confirmed that Russia’s import ban on live pigs, pork and other pig products from the EU violates international trade…