The NPA is calling on Defra Secretary George Eustice to convene a roundtable bringing together all parts of the pig supply chain to discuss what the…
Year: 2021
The British Agriculture Bureau (BAB), which collectively represents the NFU Scotland, NFU, NFU Cymru, and the Ulster Farmers Union in Brussels, has relaunched BAB with a new logo…
MEPs have called for an EU-wide ban on the transport of animals under 35 days, as part of series of measures to improve the welfare of animals during…
Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has promised that the Government will ‘monitor’ the evolving situation’ in the pig industry, after she was questioned about the crisis in the Commons.…
Defra Secretary George Eustice has set out his vision for UK farming, pointing out the importance of the food industry to the Government’s levelling-up agenda, outlining opportunities to…
BBC’s Countryfile helped to bring the pig industry’s current crisis to the public’s attention in its latest episode, writes Meghan Taylor. Presenter Tom Heap visited pig…
After several months of decline, the EU average reference pig price finally stabilised across November, falling by less than €1/100kg, and remaining steady for the past three…
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…
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…