Dennis Bridgeford is based near Easter Ross in Scotland’s Highland region and operates an indoor herd of 550 sows rearing lighter weight finishers of 75kg Pigs,…
Month: December 2019
Wes Udall is the new chair of Young NPA. He works for ForFarmers UK as their young animal feed specialist, re-joining the business in September 2018…
German Sanchez Collado joined Garth Pig Practice in September 2018. He is interested in all aspects of pig production, especially disease control, zoonosis, biosecurity and herd…
Red Tractor has announced the appointment of Stewart Houston as its new pig sector committee chair and board director. The position, which is part-time and can…
The SPP has moved up by a significant .93p and now stands at 159.54p, so it looks as though next week the 160p barrier should be…
Pig producers are being asked to take part in a survey to aid research at Cardiff University. An engineering team is looking into the development of a…
The slaughter of half of China’s pigs due to African swine fever has helped drive world food prices to a two-year high. The United Nations said…
There was a 5% increase in the number of pigs in Wales, to 24,400 head, in June 2019, according to the June Survey of Agriculture and…
Red Robin, our producer and industry insider, on the rise of veganism and the debate about our carbon footprint We are still seeing an enormous amount…
Mick Sloyan is an independent industry analyst, with vast experience in the meat industry. He stepped down as AHDB Pork strategy director in 2018 after 40…