New figures released today show antibiotic usage in the UK pig sector dropped by 28% in 2017, meaning usage has more than halved in the space of just…
Year: 2018
Pig and poultry producers are fit and ready to embrace change, with a bright outlook ahead despite a few Brexit clouds on the horizon. Visitors to…
UK pig producers can now use innovative soluble tannin-based ingredients in feed as an aid to improve performance, thereby reducing nitrogen and phosphorus excretion on farm.…
AHDB Pork strategy director, Mick Sloyan has said that overall it has been a pretty good year for the British pig industry. Speaking at the Pig…
More than 10,000 farmers and industry professionals will be heading to Warwickshire this week to visit the 2018 British Pig & Poultry Fair. The bi-annual event,…
A new method of comparing the environmental performance of pig houses has been devised by Staffordshire-based ARM Buildings. Using an environmental monitoring system and employing the…
The UK Farming Roundtable has agreed a list of principles that it believes should guide policy development and implementation once the UK leaves the EU. The…
The recent period of proper summer weather has come as a welcome relief and has also helped to stimulate barbecue demand after a long wet winter…
A number of industry bodies, including the NPA, have joined forces in expressing concern over the planned sale of AHDB’s carcase grading services to a private sector company. In…
A Parliamentary committee has warned that new EU trade barriers threaten to disrupt supplies and increase UK food prices. The House of Lords’ EU Energy and…