On the day when the UK leaves the membership of the EU pig prices have generally held firm and we are now in the withdrawal period,…
Month: January 2020
The British Pig & Poultry Fair returns on May 12 and 13, and is set to be bigger and better than ever, with record stand bookings…
The UK and the New South Wales government in Australia is this week collaborate on a joint, simulated exercise to practice biosecurity measures in the event…
France has announced a ban on piglet castration without anaesthesia, which is due to take effect at the end of 2021. Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume has…
The Agriculture Bill contains plenty of positive elements for the pig sector, but there is also much room for improvement, according to the NPA. The association’s…
The Government is looking to work with the industry to phase out the use of farrowing crates on pig farms, Defra Secretary Theresa Villiers has confirmed.…
Hundreds of farmers from across the country will head to Westminster at the end of March for a mass rally to persuade the Government to take firm…
The Co-op is to reduce the amount of nitrites used in its own-label British bacon range by 60%, in what it described as a first for…
A coalition of farming, environmental, animal welfare and public health organisations has called for the Government to enshrine its commitment to protect post-Brexit UK farm standards in law.…
This week’s Slaughter Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that the marketing week was very similar from a supply and demand point of view.…