A new study by Reading University has confirmed that rats in some parts of the country are resistant to some of the most widely-used poison baits.…
Month: February 2018
As someone who has worked my way through the ranks, starting as stockperson 20 years ago, I find it hard to take when my passion for…
It’s not too late to wish you all the very best for 2018. At least in Scotland we had decent weather to bring in the New…
I’m delighted and excited to have started at AHDB on a permanent basis this month. Having done a six-month secondment at AHDB in 2017, where I…
The NPA has welcomed the appointment of a UK Trade Commissioner for China. Trade Secretary Liam Fox announced that Richard Burn, currently the Department for International Trade’s director general…
The news that the influential German pig producer price had risen by 3 cents helped to put a spring into the step of UK pig producers.…
Mike Shattock joined AHDB in mid-November as knowledge exchange manager for the south, having handed the reins of his family’s 250-sow pig unit in South Africa…
At the end of November each year, I make the effort to go to the Nuffield Conference and the presentations are always excellent. There is nearly…
AHDB Pork has announced it will continue to sponsor Ladies in Pigs (LIPs) throughout 2018. The sponsorship will be worth £100,000 for LIPs and will see…
Pig producers have been told retaining more young sows is vital to their overall herd performance and to improve financial gains. More than 30 independent producers…