The beginning of another year always brings hope, often followed by despair. No farmer wants the start of this year to be as bad as 2016…
Month: February 2017
Let me tell you how this upstanding citizen of Parkes managed to get banned from visiting the hospital at Christmas. It started all very innocently, as…
There is no doubt, in my mind, that 2017 is going to be a year of opportunity. In Scotland, we have a new plant that requires…
Biosecurity will continue to be the major focus of pig production on a global scale. We can put numerous safeguards in place against transporting pathogens onto…
As this is my first column for 2017, I would like to start by wishing everyone a happy, healthy and successful year. The last 12 months…
Back in 2000, when I started my retail business through a government-funded scheme, you could get free marketing advice from mentors. The chap who I had…
Mastitis in sows can be one of the most depressing conditions seen on farm. The combination of a frequently sick, inappetent, recently-farrowed sow, added to a…
I often catch myself thinking about the bizarre variety of topics that I find myself dealing with on a daily basis and realise that this is…
Organic farmers have been told by UK Farm Minister, George Eustice, that they will be able to apply for organic support in 2017 and 2018, a…
EU sow prices recovered significantly during the latter half of 2016 from the historic lows experienced at the start of the year, according to AHDB Pork.…