The backlog is growing again, as factory breakdowns and inadequate allocations conspired to ’cause much upset and worry amongst producers’ last week, according to Thames Valley…
Month: November 2021
Pig production company Allen Farming Group (AFFG) has teams up with Roadhogs Recruitment Ltd to create an on-the-job training scheme for entry-level stockperson positions for people of all ages looking…
 Although domestic pig prices are generally in or around last week’s levels, they are still way out of line with soaring feed costs and cheap pig…
Top-end retailer Waitrose has pledged to increase the price it pays its farmers for pork to help producers get through the current crisis. It will be…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has identified a potential protein gap emerging in China as a result the suspension of Brazilian beef imports, with suggestions that…
A clause that would have resulted in an immediate ban on farrowing crates immediately has been dropped from new animal welfare legislation currently going through parliament. …
The Vietnamese Government has confirmed that an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak is spreading widely in Vietnam and is hurting the local farming industry, forcing the…
The price of pork in China has continuous increased by a cumulative total of 34.9% during the past five weeks, Global Times has reported. In the week beginning…
UK pig meat exports (including offal) in September dropped back to the lowest level since January, at 24,900 tonnes, according to the AHDB. Volumes of exported…
Pig vet Duncan Berkshire was a hugely popular winner of the NPA’s Chris Brant Award, while special awards went to the Morgan sisters for their campaigning…