More questions than answers at the moment for the pig industry, with some very negative signals as far as Brexit is concerned, not to mention the…
Year: 2020
Tariffs on pork exports will be reduced under a new Free Trade Agreement announced with Japan today. The UK’s first major trade deal as an independent…
The impact of any export bans imposed as a result of Germany’s African swine fever (ASF) outbreak would be partly mitigated by the ongoing strong demand…
Straw prices have been on the rise since the beginning of the year, rising on average by a few pounds per month, according to the latest…
The German authorities have introduced a number of measures to try and prevent any further spread of African Swine Fever, after confirmation of the first case on…
African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a wild boar in Germany very close to the Polish border. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI) confirmed Germany’s first ever…
UK livestock genetics firm Genus, which owns pig breeding company PIC, has reported better-than-expected annual earnings in its preliminary financial results for the full year ending June…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and MPs from all political parties have shown their support for the British farming industry by wearing a Back British Farming Day wool…
Vietnam has culled 43,150 pigs, equivalent to about 2,157 tons, since early this year to curb the spread of African swine fever, according to a report…
Approximately 2,000 pigs have died as a result of a shed fire on a farm in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. The farrowing house at Glenmarshal Pedigree Pig, a…