AHDB has published advice warning pig farmers to take steps to protect outdoor reared pigs from the effects of hot weather. Heat stress is caused when…
Month: May 2017
Plans to extend Cranswick Country Foods’Â East Yorkshire pig abattoir have been approved, despite some objections from local residents. The firm has been given the go-ahead to…
AHDB has appointed Phil Hadley to the new post of international market development director in a bid to reinforce its export drive. In his new role,…
GB pig compound feed production for the first quarter of 2017, was 4% lower than the same period in 2016 at 442,000 tonnes, according to latest…
Dechra Veterinary Products has announced a new solution for the mass treatment of respiratory disease in pigs. Metaxol, which is part of the firm’s SoluStab range,…
Mark White, of the Pig Veterinary Society, will have a big role to play in setting new antibiotic targets for the pig sector. He told Alistair…
We all agree we must use antibiotics responsibly, as antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a reality we cannot get away from, writes Alasdair McLeod. Reports that sales of…
It seems like no time at all since New Year, when producers were buzzing, as, for once, things were going well and looked like doing so…
Another positive day for pig sellers with the SPP up by 0.37p to 156.53p and spot bacon also tending firmer with prices around 164p/kg mark, and…
Previously confined to the European part of Russia and the Baltic states, the spread of African swine fever (ASF) further east and west is causing alarm…