The NPA has issued a reminder to Prue Leith and all pig keepers on the dangers of feeding food waste to pigs. The host of the popular Channel 4…
Month: October 2017
So, there I was, thinking we had finally crossed a bridge – achieving a reasonable price for our pigs, grain easing in price even with a…
Kate Mellor was formerly a pig farmer with 1,000 outdoor sows, and is now AHDB Pork senior exchange manager It’s all change at AHDB Pork. For…
After months of preparation, AHDB Pork’s new marketing campaign has hit television screens, aiming to inspire consumers to introduce pork to their midweek meal repertoire. Midweek…
If I think back to my youth, you usually had an idea of what price you could expect to receive for whatever you grew. And you’d…
The latest leg of my Nuffield Scholarship travels has enabled me to focus on researching my topic: ‘Antibiotic use in pig production – is there a…
At least Micheal Gove has a plan – and you’ll be glad to know it is a cunning one to sell pigs’ ears to China. Elsewhere…
Gwyn Jones, chairman of the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA), explains what happened when a group of high profile medics visited a pig farm…
There’s plenty going on in the industry at the moment, but as you are all (hopefully) coming along to our regional meetings… I won’t steal any…
The National Pig Association (NPA) has thanked Michael Gove for his support in trying to sell pig’s ears to China, while also calling on the Defra Secretary…