Mike Sheldon has been reappointed by UK Ministers for a second term as chair of AHDB’s pork sector board. Mr Sheldon, who was first appointed to the…
Year: 2020
Bayer Animal Health has launched a global ‘Care4Pigs’ grant initiative which aims to ‘help the industry turn innovative ideas for advancing pig wellbeing into a reality’.…
Pig producers and those from the allied industries are being urged to donate appropriate overalls to medics battling with coronavirus. There is a national shortage of fluid…
Demand among the major processors was varied last week, although there was little change in the market, according to Thames Valley Cambac. Some of the majors…
Today, 20 April, is World Animal Vaccination Day, which highlights the benefits of vaccination to support the health and welfare of the nation’s farmed and companion…
Although the SPP eased this week by 0.26p to stand at 163.63p, demand for spot pigs proved to be a shade firmer than previously with spot…
Boehringer Ingelheim has put out a call for submissions for the 2020 European PRRS Research Awards, which aims at encouraging research and enhancing the interaction between swine…
According to the latest data released by Defra, UK clean pig slaughter reached 944,400 head in March, 10% more (85,000 head) than in March 2019. In the…
Red Tractor is set to ‘scale up’ pilots of its new remote inspection regime over the next few weeks, before rolling the system out nationally in…
US pig producers are facing a financial disaster and collective losses of $5 billion for the remainder of the year as pig prices plummet due to…