Ladies in Pigs (LIPs) is on the look out for a new chairperson to take it in a new direction after Sue Woodall announced she was stepping…
Year: 2017
The National Farmers’ Union has hit out over the apparent roadblocks holding back progress in Brexit negotiations between the UK and the rest of Europe, highlighting…
As the UK exits the EU, new trade agreements for meat and agricultural products like milk, gelatine and hay could trigger a significant increase in the…
Staffordshire-based Midland Pig Producers (MPP) has signed up Quality Equipment as the official UK and Ireland distributor of its award-winning 360º Freedom Farrower. Designed by the…
Tickets and tables are still available for the biggest and best nights of the pig industry calendar – the 2017 National Pig Awards. The prestigious awards,…
Action must be taken now to protect the countryside from fly-tippers who are ruining Britain’s iconic landscape with giant piles of waste and rubbish costing farmers…
The NFU’s Next Generation Forum has presented Secretary of State Michael Gove the latest NFU report on a framework for success for a domestic agricultural policy…
Farmgate pig prices have returned to a traditional seasonal pattern in 2017, following considerable volatility in recent years. According to data from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS),…
EU exports of fresh/frozen pork totalled 160 thousand tonnes in August, 11% less than the same month last year. As recorded throughout 2017, this is largely…
Although the latest SPP dropped another 1.03p this week to stand at 157.89p, German pig producer prices (thankfully) stood on at €1.50 and the Euro has also…