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…
Year: 2021
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…
Pork and poultry processor Cranswick has posted significant growth to its revenues and profits during a turbulent six-month period for the pig sector. In the 26…
LSB Pigs, a 1600-sow outdoor unit, based in Norfolk, has won the overall National Pig Awards Producer of the Year. The unit, run by Rob McGregor…
Professor Jim Scudamore has been awarded the David Black Award 2021 in recognition of his invaluable contribution to the pig industry over the past 20 years.…