AHDB’s latest Pork Outlook report paints a difficult picture for the pig sector, as the market looks set to remain challenging. UK pig prices are coming…
Year: 2021
The US pork sector is on high alert following confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) in the nearby Dominican Republic (DR) last week. Two new cases…
Once again it is difficult to find anything positive to say about the UK pig industry or to a significant extent further afield with global prices…
Converting to free farrowing systems could cost the UK pig sector more than £200 million, according to a leading buildings and equipment supplier. ARM Buildings has…
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that a further £1.6 million COVID-19 support scheme for pig producers is being rolled out. The second tranche…
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Falling Chinese pig prices on the back of a surge of African swine cases is hitting Chinese import volumes and have an impact on the global…
The NPA has welcomed a new £19.2 million cross-Government surveillance programme to improve the detection and tracking of foodborne and antimicrobial resistant (AMR) pathogens through the agri-food…
NPA chairman Rob Mutimer issued an angry response after Farming Minister Victoria Prentis rejected the NPA’s request for a COVID compensation scheme for the English pig sector. The Department claimed it…
A recent National Craft Butchers (NCB) survey has found that 59% of abattoirs expect to close the business within the next 5 years. NCB, a founding members…