Germany’s African swine fever (ASF) is currently limited to wild boar two hotspot areas, with no cases found yet in domestic pigs. So far 20 cases…
Month: September 2020
Strong retail sales during the lockdown period led to an overall 4% volume increase in pig meat sales over six months to early August, according to…
A cluster of COVID-19 cases has been detected at Pilgrim’s Pride’s pork processing factory at Pool, near Redruth, in Cornwall. Public Health England (PHE) South West and…
AHDB has launched a new area on its website providing advice to producers on best practice in moving and handling pigs. The section is designed to help producers understand…
This year’s National Pig Awards is going to be held virtually in November. The seventh version of the awards will be live streamed at 4pm on…
Low priced pork from Germany is undercutting other suppliers within Europe, following the export bans put in pace as a result of the country’s first African…
Factory unreliability and the inability to complete a week’s plan is starting to have ‘serious repercussions’ with stock backing up on farm, according to Thames Valley…
Germany’s African swine fever (ASF) outbreak is still in its early stages, according to the country’s National Reference Laboratory for the virus. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut has now…
A difficult week for sellers with more of the same to come and, although the latest SPP has only fallen by 0.17p to stand at 160.94p,…
APHA is seeking participants from the UK for a new EU-funded study on the cost-effectiveness of biosecurity on pig farms. The BIOPIGEE project focuses on practices for…