Do you suffer from information overload or are you squirreling away the data? Practically every farm is producing reams of data through checks, monitors and recording…
Year: 2017
With Brexit negotiations stalling badly – a divided Cabinet at home and little common ground between the UK and EU positions – Prime Minister Theresa May…
The European Commission has warned that the spread of African swine fever (ASF) poses a ‘serious risk to the European pigmeat market’. The Commission made the…
Lacklustre EU demand, combined with rising supplies could put pressure on already falling pig prices in the coming months, AHDB Pork has warned. Consumer demand for fresh…
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…
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…