Becoming Scotland’s latest pig monitor farmer isn’t for the faint-hearted, even if the four-year commitment holds the promise of production and efficiency improvements for current host…
Year: 2017
Despite modern belief, being able to formulate pig rations isn’t particularly tricky. Given an afternoon, it is quite possible to teach the fundamentals of a least…
In my first column as senior veterinary manager at AHDB Pork, I’m slightly uneasy about talking about my impending holiday. Still, it was booked before I…
June is a month I normally look forward to, especially the week of the Royal Highland Show. The family still trundles down the road to Edinburgh…
It was our local county show last month and although we do try to support the commercial pig section, we curse ourselves each year because we…
Having just returned from a seven-week whirlwind trip around the world as part of my Nuffield Scholarship, my brain is still trying to absorb and process…
It is always nice to start a column with good news – planning permission has been granted for our new finishing house and the sooner we…
Over the years, the topic of water hygiene and supply has never been far away from my veterinary colleagues’ lips. Many hours will have been spent…
I would like the start my first comment for Pig World by saying a thank-you to all of you from the sector who have made me…
The family-run makers of Porky Lights and Porky Whites has added several new products to the range. The lower fat sausage, is now joined by a…