The dramatic shift in consumer habits during the COVID-19 lockdown has prompted Tesco to give processors a derogation to allow them to use Red Tractor indoor…
Year: 2020
Approximately half of US pork processing capacity has been shut down during the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the president of US meat giant Tyson Foods. Industry…
The NPA has highlighted the importance of keeping the supply chain moving during the COVID-19 epidemic in submissions to MPs investigating the crisis. The association has recently…
Average EU pig prices have now been falling since mid-March, reaching €178.66/100kg in the latest week ending 26 April according to AHDB. As prices accelerated at this…
Despite higher retail sales, overall demand for red meat is now lower than it was before the coronavirus lockdown, according to AHDB analyst Duncan Wyatt. Beef, sheep…
African swine fever (AFS) has been reported in India for the first time, according to Indian media reports. The disease has been detected in two north eastern states,…
Culling wild boar and removing the carcasses quickly can have a big impact on controlling African swine fever, according to modelling work carried out by scientists in…
The second NPA online webinar will take place on Tuesday afternoon and will include an update on how COVID-19 is affecting the pig sector. The webinar,…
While trading continued to be ‘relatively straightforward’ last week in the run up to the Bank Holiday week, cold stores are filling up and export markets are…
Pig prices have been something of a curate’s egg today (good in parts) but with the sow trade being a particularly bad egg on this occasion.…