A new independent scientific group, set up to advise RUMA, (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance), has met for the first time with the united…
Year: 2017
Guidance for pig farmers on how their businesses may affected by bird flu restrictions has been published by Defra, including dealing with situations when pigs might…
The future looks somewhat “uncertain” for Irish pigmeat says AHDB Pork. Commenting in a new analysis of the Irish pig industry, which is currently running at…
Celebrity chef James Martin will be the headline act at Taste of Grampian 2017, the annual north-east Scotland food festival which will again be sponsored by Specially Selected Pork. The…
Pig World is delighted to be teaming up with AHDB Pork to put on a two-day conference this summer that will take an in-depth look at…
Supply and demand are (almost) marching in step, which is better than the usual ‘feast or famine’ situation we often see in the pig industry. But,…
UK pigmeat exports hit a 17-year high in 2016, totalling almost 206,000 tonnes, according to AHDB Pork. The trading increase, which was 10% up on 2015…
Significant progress is being made in relation to the UK’s rodenticide stewardship according to the regime’s first annual report which has just been published. Already welcomed…
The European Commission has insisted the new EU-Canada global trade deal will not compromise the EU’s standards of production or allow in lower standard imports. The…
Irish pig producers have been told they now have the “upper hand” in price negotiations with processors, pushing values to the equivalent of £1.41/kg in some…