During a mid-life crisis 15 years ago, I was fortunate enough to win a Nuffield Scholarship, which gave me a fantastic opportunity to look at the…
Year: 2017
Water must be one of the most talked-about subjects in the UK, whether when falling from the sky, its effects on the current harvest or being…
Half a century, or more, of official propaganda based on myth and flawed research is so entrenched that many fail to see that there is any…
Two young pig farmers from the south of England have secured places on a prestigious training scheme run by The Co-operative. Charlotte Forbes from Wiltshire and…
The last few weeks have, unsurprisingly, all been about Brexit. Due to the hard work that Lizzie (Wilson) has put in, writing letters to ministers in…
The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance has welcomed an official report confirming that the risk of foodborne-illness from Livestock-Associated (LA) MRSA is low.…
Surplus stocks of pork and bacon are virtually non-existent in Ireland with the market for pigmeat in the country now classed as “extremely strong for the…
Compound feed production for farmed animals in the EU-28 fell by 1% on the year, in 2016, settling at 153.4 million tonnes, according to data provided by…
The EU pig herd is still declining according to the latest census results released by Eurostat. “The EU pig breeding herd declined by 5% year-on-year in…
Europe’s farm leaders have urged the European Commission to build on the success of trade deals with Mexico, South Korea and Switzerland by “stepping up” its…