Pig producers were typically losing £7/head during the last quarter of 2018 as soaring costs and falling prices hit the bottom line. However, there could be…
Month: March 2019
This week’s Pig Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac reported that mediocre demand was a common feature, with some of the majors taking less than their…
NPA chief executive Zoe Davies writes in the latest issue of Pig World about how her life is being dominated by two subjects. Currently my life…
Ben Williams is AHDB knowledge transfer senior manager. Prior to joining AHDB he ran and worked on a variety of pig and mixed livestock units, from…
Chloe Ryan reports on how Morrisons is championing an exclusively UK supply chain Last year, Morrisons was named the Retailer of the Year at the Farm…
How AHDB aims to bring pork dishes to whole new audience with an updated range of cuts It may be surprising, and also exciting, to learn…
Maisie Lord is a pig nutritionist for Cargill. Based in North Yorkshire, she worked at Cargill’s innovation centre in the Netherlands before joining the UK team …
A first-generation farmer and Nuffield Scholar, Chris Fogden owns and manages 950 outdoor sows on 40ha of rented land within the rotation of a large Norfolk…
Pig producers have been urged to up their biosecurity levels, including being very careful with visitors, following a spate of swine dysentery outbreaks. There have been…
Although pig prices remain under pressure, there was a slightly more of a “glass half full” feeling today especially with news that cull sow prices have…