So, when Alistair asked me for my reflections on pig industry ‘activity’ back in 1998, my immediate reaction was: “I can barely remember what happened yesterday!”,…
Month: August 2018
Stewart Houston, a leading figure in the British Pig Industry Support Group and a former chair of NPA and BPEX, looks back on the dramatic events…
The judging panel has started its deliberations ahead of the 2018 National Pig Awards and we’ve signed up one of the UK’s most respected broadcasters for…
Farmers are being urged to put in place effective safety procedures to reduce risk of accidents on farm, as the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continues…
Farmers are facing the perfect storm this year when it comes to straw prices, writes John Swire. Following the wet harvest last year followed by an…
Organisers of the 2018 British Pig & Poultry Fair have said that feedback from a survey of visitors and exhibitors reveals that they considered it the…
AHDB has recently reviewed the UK pig meat supplies forecast, produced in April. Domestic production was higher than anticipated during Q2. This was partly due to…
In early July, the average price of pigs traded in the EU remained stable, following some modest volatility earlier in the year. The EU average pig…
The National Pig Association (NPA) has updated its widely-praised 2016 Antibiotic Stewardship Programme to showcase the tremendous progress made by the pig sector in reducing and…
In his latest Eastern European update, Russian journalist Vladislav Vorotnitkov analyses Russia’s gamble to invest in expanding pork production. The staging of the World Cup in…