 While 2017 brought a welcome return to profitability in the marketplace, 2018 looks set to be more challenging for pig producers on the back of rising…
Year: 2018
A revolution in agricultural productivity will be needed if we are to capitalise on Brexit, continue to feed ourselves as a nation, and protect the environment,…
Roadhogs Recruitment, the pig industry staff recruitment company, has a new website address. Due to a serious IT issue, its previous website address www.roadhogs.com is no longer in…
The UK has received its largest ever export order from China for frozen boar semen, in a deal which also involves training Chinese staff in artificial…
Firstly, let me wish all our members a very happy New Year! Of course, I’m writing this in the middle of December and the Environment Agency…
A total of 9% of Red Tractor Pork scheme members incurred non-conformances as a result of not uploading data from the second and third quarters of…
The new Agricultural Bill, due for publication in 2018, will shape the farming industry for generations to come, NFU president Meurig Raymond said in his New…
The NPA has launched a competition to find an imaginative slogan to encourage the Great British public to buy Great British pork. The winning slogan will be turned…
Rob Mercer is a pig farmer from Burton-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, working in a fourth-generation family business. He is also – as of the beginning of 2017…
Water and ventilation have been under scrutiny to help improve weaned pig performance at AHDB’s pilot Strategic Farm, host producer David Goodier’s 230-sow unit in Lancashire.…