EU pig prices have remained relatively flat in the first few weeks of 2019, while the EU average reference price for the week ending February 3…
Month: February 2019
Leaders from 32 organisations across the food supply chain have written to Defra Secretary Michael Gove to express their ‘deep concern’ over the resources they are…
Cranswick has reported a 2% drop in revenue in the three months to December 31, 2018, compared to the equivalent 13-week period in the previous financial year.…
This week’s Pig Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac reported that supply tightened slightly this week, with many producers indicating that lower numbers were to follow…
Red Tractor pork members are reminded that today is the deadline for uploading antibiotic data for the fourth quarter of 2018 onto the eMB-Pigs database. Scheme members…
A new initiative in Scotland is encouraging young farmers to get into the pig industry, including livestock farmers looking to diversify. Andy McGowan, chief executive of…
Chloe Ryan meets Debbie Wilson, the enthusiastic chairwoman of LIPs and hears her plans to spread pork’s message nationwide A year ago, Ladies In Pigs (LIPs)…
Lauren Turner joined AHDB in August 2017 as the pork processing manager. She graduated from Harper Adams University in 2016, where she was awarded a pig…
Gemma Thwaites is a director at Garth Pig Practice Ltd. She is involved in advisory work and all aspects of investigations on farm and has a…
In the latest in our series of articles on Tackling Tail Biting, AHDB looks at some the actions producers can take to address the problem Making…