Another difficult day for sellers with very little to smile about, including the miserable January weather. Although the SPP only slipped by 0.13 this week to…
Year: 2018
Today is the last chance to get your suggestions in for the NPA’s banner competition – and give yourself a chance of winning a hamper from…
Pig producer net margins reached 27p/kg in Q3 2017, the highest since records began in 2009, according to new figures from AHDB Pork, who say the…
Farming is in a unique position to deliver for the environment so long as there are productive and viable businesses available, with food at their heart,…
Pig producers will receive £250 for sows or gilts slaughtered as TB reactors, after the NPA insisted the meagre payments initially proposed were too low. Defra introduced…
Pork was one of the only primary meat categories to record year-on-year growth in sales volumes during the 12 weeks to December 3, 2017, according to…
AHDB has produced a series of nutritional guides containing guidance on exactly what health claims can be made about beef, lamb and pork. Designed to help…
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has published advice to farmers as shortages of straw and high prices continue to cause problems. The agency has…
Research at the Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute (AFBI) in Northern Ireland has resulted in sows achieving wean litter weights of over 115kg at 28 days of…
Submissions to the Environment Agency’s 2017 Pollution Inventory must be made by the end of next month, according to a reminder issued by Vicky Price, a…