MSD Animal Health has opened submissions for the 2019 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award, which will grant one recent doctoral graduate the opportunity to present their…
Year: 2018
A series of videos has been produced raising awareness of the risk posed by the African swine fever virus, which is currently spreading in a number…
During the 12 weeks ended November 4, GB retail sales of total pig meat* increased in volume by 1.4% year-on-year, according to data from Kantar Worldpanel.…
Despite having the largest rise in feed costs, pig producers in Great Britain were amongst the most profitable in 2017. This conclusion is derived from the…
Sales of promoted cuts increased by 16.5%, generating an extra £3.2 million compared to the previous period during AHDB’s latest Pick Pork campaign, according to data…
MPs have called on the Government to introduce legislation into the Agriculture Bill to ensure imported food products are held to current British standards as part of…
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has announced the appointment of Christopher Price as its new chief executive. Christopher will assume his new role in early February…
Cranswick has announced that for the six months to September 30, group operating pre-tax profits fell to £42.6 million, from £44.5m a year ago. Adam Couch, Cranswick’s…
This week’s Pig Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac reported that demand from the majors was healthy, with special focus on Freedom Food numbers. Unfortunately, this…
US pig producers, on average, produced pigs at an average cost of 50p/kg below the GB figure in 2017, according to the latest annual report from…