Millions of animals left on farms in North Carolina during the record-breaking rainfall have drowned in the flooding. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer…
Month: September 2018
Prices have continued to drift lower with the SPP dropping by a further 0.28p to 147.77p and the influential German producer price continues to head south…
Thirteen countries have now banned Belgian pork and pork products, following confirmation of African swine fever in the south of the country last week. After the…
During July, exports of fresh/frozen pork fell by 10% when compared to a year earlier, to total 16,400 tonnes, with a decline in value of 9%,…
The UK’s new Chief Veterinary Officer will get first-hand insight into the Chinese import market when she joins the AHDB at the one of the country’s…
The UK produced 81,800 tonnes of pig meat in August, with 947,000 clean pigs slaughtered according to data published by Defra. Production in the month was…
An industry coalition has united to kick-start a new skills strategy with the ambition to equip the agricultural workforce for the future of farming and invites…
The English pig herd increased by 2% compared to a year earlier, to over four million head, according to the June Agricultural Survey figures published by…
A report setting out proposals for the UK’s employment policy after we leave the EU fundamentally misses the point, according to the NPA said. The Migration Advisory…
The Belgian food safety authorities have insisted the risk of domestic pigs becoming infected with African swine fever remains ‘limited’, despite the virus being confirmed in…