Building foundations and diet consistency are as important in piglet feeding as daily liveweight gain (DLWG) and feed intake, especially in light of the requirement for…
Year: 2018
Last weekend saw the third reunion of my Challenge of Rural Leadership course up in Elgin, Scotland. We were fortunate to be hosted by one of…
Clean pig throughputs were 2% higher than year earlier levels during Q4 2017, totalling 2.7 million head. This increase in throughputs was slightly larger than anticipated…
The NPA has called on the Environment Agency (EA) to shelve its ‘damaging’ plans to significantly increase environmental permit charges. The agency is proposing to increase permit variation…
Farmers could reduce their feed and energy costs while improving growth rates, thanks to an updated handbook from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). The…
Exports of breeding stock and semen are absolutely vital for the survival of the UK’s pedigree pig industry. For this very reason, the BPA has an…
Red Tractor vets are being urged to help ensure pig producers comply with the new eMB-Pigs antibiotic recording requirement. With the deadline for uploading the next set…
Prime Minister Theresa May has thanked the NPA for a recipe book showcasing Great British pork recipes sent as a Christmas gift. The NPA decided to…
A new vaccine developed by the US Agricultural Research Service scientists in Ames, Iowa, can protect food animals such as pigs against both human and animal…
The far-reaching impact of Brexit on personal and professional lives, public policy and trade is creating a perfect storm that could result in a veterinary capacity…