Despite the best intentions of some processors, last week proved to be another one which underachieved against the original plan, according to Thames Valley Cambac. “Processing continued…
Month: February 2022
Despite the weather, a few little flickers of light are staring to appear as far as the British pig industry is concerned. The SPP has gone…
Defra has announced an important change to the Slaughter Incentive Payment Scheme (SIPS) that should go some way to helping to reduce the pig backlog. The…
An BBC documentary featuring the Morgan family has highlighted the harsh realities of living through the pig industry crisis.  The ‘We Are England’ documentary, broadcast last…
The UK’s role in the fight against zoonotic diseases – those which are transmitted from animals to humans including avian flu and bovine tuberculosis – has…
One of the pig industry’s asks at last week’s pig crisis summit was for the Government to look at providing financial support for most badly affected…
The latest trade data from HMRC up to the end of December 2021 has shown that total UK pork exports for the year were 197,700 tonnes…
In the latest issue of Pig World, writing before Irish Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue met more than 100 pig farmers on February 3 to discuss the crisis, Irish…
Factory reliability continued to try the patience of producers and hauliers alike last week, as numerous issues caused much downtime. Some of this was clawed back…
Waitrose has strengthened its commitment to pay pig farmers a fair price during the worsening pig industry crisis. Highlighting what it described as ‘the biggest crisis in a…