I was lucky enough to spend some time in Spain recently with an environmental auditor from the US, deep diving into some common issues that occur…
Month: July 2017
We are an exam household as our teenage daughter battles through her GCSEs. By the time you read this, exam time will be over and we…
“Happy Father’s Day”, says our teenage daughter, as she helps herself to a large slice of lemon cake. “I’ve made you a cake, but I’m just…
A short while ago, I remember having endless discussions on farm surrounding the challenges of controlling pre- and post-weaning diarrhoea without the use of group medication.…
Many outdoor pig units are on land rented from a large-scale arable farm or estate. Based purely on observation, here’s my guide on how to avoid…
The quality of porkmeat has, for a long time, been a concern for consumers in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. Many believe the product on the shelves…
The Pigs 2022 conference, from my perspective at least, confirmed the upbeat mood of the British pig industry. There was a tangible buzz around the whole…
The idea was simple enough. Lock five teams of data programmers and coders in a room for the two days of Nutreco’s AgriVision 2017 conference in…
Pig producers could soon be using viruses to treat bacterial infections, following an exciting scientific breakthrough led by Professor Martha Clokie, from the University of Leicester.…