The pig and poultry sectors have a buoyant future ahead of them, attracting many new entrants and expanding enterprises in recent years. So what is it…
Month: May 2018
Mixed prices across the board today. Although the latest SPP has gone up by 0.55p to 145.82p, unfortunately EU prices are heading south at an alarming speed…
Hopefully the late spring and the extreme cold of the Beast from the East are now well behind us. It has been very testing for both…
Gareth Virgo is production manager at J E Porter Ltd in Lincolnshire, where he oversees operations on a 620-sow indoor straw. Recently, upon a rare visit…
An influential committee of MPs has urged the Government to ‘think very carefully’ before entering into a trade deal with the US. The US is currently the…
I’ve been working on our response to Defra’s consultation on future farming policy (the Command Paper) for so long now I’m starting to dream about it.…
Total farming income and productivity are on the rise, with the pig sector among those to benefit from higher prices in 2017, Defra estimates show. Estimates…
The latest figures from Eurostat indicate that EU pig slaughterings in January 2018 totalled 23.3 million head. This was up a substantial 7% on the month…
Ben Williams has joined AHDB as Knowledge Transfer Senior Manager in the pork team, replacing Charlotte Evans, who has joined ForFarmers. He will be working on activity…
The latest AHDB Porkwatch survey has highlighted the contrasting sourcing policies of Sainsbury’s and Asda when it comes to British pork. The planned merger of the…