The European Commission has confirmed that it will set out a legislative proposal by 2023 to prohibit cages for a number of farm animals, including farrowing…
Month: June 2021
The entry deadline for the 2021Â National Pig Awards has been extended by two weeks to Friday, July 9. You can submit entries and nominations and see…
The performance of the GB breeding herds improved during the first three months of this year. For indoor sows, an increase in numbers born alive to just over…
Members and supporters of the Young NPA covered nearly 1,500 miles during a June charity challenge, raising nearly £3,000 – and counting – for the Farming…
Pork demand remained strong, and factory reliability improved last week, although it was not ‘wholly without issue’, with a number of pigs rolled into this trading…
The SPP has continued its upward progress putting on a further 1.17p to stand at 156.99p, but the hand brake has definitely been applied in Europe.…
The latest Pigs Today podcast, out today, discusses the YNPA Challenge 21 and some of the big issues currently facing pig businesses, including record costs of production…
The FAO has published its 2021 Food Outlook report this month, which has revealed that after two years of African Swine Fever-driven decline, global meat production is anticipated to expand…
An agreement has been reached between the EU and the US to temporarily suspend the 25% tariffs imposed on a variety of products, including pork, as…
Global pork export prices have experienced a recovery early in 2021 thanks to a boom in the volume of pork being traded worldwide. “Looking at figures from…