Red Tractor Assurance has appointed Sainsbury’s former head of agriculture Sue Lockhart as its new head of assurance. Sue joins the UK’s leading farm and food…
Year: 2017
Both the EU pig breeding herd and the total herd increased in the year to June 2017, according to provisional figures from Eurostat which cover 14…
To satisfy the demands of a millennial market, and a consumer base that now demands more options and flexibility than ever before Simon Howie, the Scottish…
ABP has announced it has entered into a brand licensing agreement with Men’s Health the UK’s leading men’s lifestyle magazine and website. The arrangement will see…
Submissions are now open for MSD Animal Health’s 2018 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award, to be granted to one recently graduated doctoral student in support of…
Swine flu has been detected in 11 pigs at a county fair in the US state of Maryland. According to reports, the outbreak has been confirmed…
The National Pig Association (NPA) is writing to Defra Minster Therese Coffey this week calling on her to delay the introduction of new emissions levels, which…
Pig Pro, the new training and development web-based tool for the pig industry, goes live today, with the intention of giving farmers a simpler and more…
Aldi has announced record results for its latest financial year, with growth accelerating in 2017 as rising numbers of British shoppers switch their supermarket. Sales…
A new pork advertising campaign designed to inspire consumers to make pork part of their midweek meal menu, will hit TV screens today (September 25). It…