AHDB has revisited the GB pig prices model, which plots historical prices based on a range of factors including exchange rates, UK and EU production levels,…
Month: February 2019
AHDB has reported that the final quarter of 2018 GB animal feed production was recorded at nearly 3.1 million tonnes, up 1% (40,000 tonnes) year-on-year. As…
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has welcomed the NFU’s calls for a new commission of food and farming experts to help uphold the high standards of British food…
Cranswick and BasePower have announced that the CHP energy scheme at the Cranswick Country Foods site in Preston, Hull, has been switched on. A 2.0MW CHP…
The pig sector will receive some import tariff protection if we leave the EU without a deal at the end of March, Michael Gove has indicated.…
The NFU will today call for the Government to convene a new commission of food and farming experts to establish the principles that will ensure Government upholds…
ForFarmers UK has announced its intention to close its site in Blandford, North Dorset, in the second quarter of 2019. This, the company said, is in…
This week’s Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that there was some welcome stability in the market with most processors having a smoother running…
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has launched posters in five different languages, covering different groups including: commercial pig producers, small-scale pig keepers, hunters and…
A campaign to ask the Oxford English Dictionary to remove derogatory words and phrases, such as ‘pig out’ and ‘porker’, has been shortlisted for a PR…