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…
Year: 2021
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…
High feed prices and a shortage of straw continue to be major concerns across the country, while labour availability is becoming an increasingly problematic issue, according…
Dingley Dell Cured has been named the Star Award Champion of Champions at The British Charcuterie Awards 2020/21. The award, sponsored by the Worshipful Company of Butchers,…
EU exports of all pig meat products were up by 29% in March 2021 compared with a year earlier, totalling 606,500 tonnes, according to the latest…
As part of preparations to launch a ‘slurry treatment’ grant scheme later this year, the RPA is looking for livestock farmers on slurry-based systems to provide…
Although the latest SPP has gone up again by 0.79p to stand at 155.82p, signs are emerging that UK pig prices may hit something of a…
Exports of food and drink from the UK to the EU in the first quarter of 2021, fell 47% compared with Q1 2020, as a result…
The NPA has strongly criticised what it has branded a ‘misleading’ article in the Guardian regarding the pig sector’s antibiotic usage. The Guardian article initially carried…