Global meat prices plateaued in July according to the latest FAO food price index. The index rose for the third consecutive month to 179.1 points, 2%…
Month: August 2017
The number of sows in Denmark has increased again based on data from the July 1 pig survey, following on from a small year on year…
Aberdeenshire pig farmer, Russell Rennie, joined Quality Meat Scotland’s Specially Selected Pork ambassadors at ALDI’s Inverurie store this week to encourage shoppers to “Do More with…
UK pig meat production continued to trend below year earlier levels during the second quarter, with the year-on-year decline being slightly greater than anticipated, according to…
Staff from Harbro and JSR are to take on the Wolds Way over four days from August 25-28 to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. An…
Tulip is working closely with Scottish pig producers to maintain its customer supply chains following a major fire at its £10 million Brechin abattoir which has…
Although the SPP moved up another 0.32p to stand at 164.75p, a few more pigs seem to becoming available and spot buyers were slightly quieter than…
UK pig farmers have been warned to remain vigilant in relation to the continued threat of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) following a ‘significant escalation’ of…
Irish pig farming leader, Tom Hogan, has accused the country’s processing factories of undermining the pigmeat market with unnecessary price cuts and has urged all pig…
The headline said it all: “Rise of mega farms: how the US model of intensive farming is invading the world”. Last month, The Guardian carried out…