Pig producers are currently losing, on average, between £46 and £61 per slaughter pig, with costs of production typically above the £2/kg mark, according to AHDB. These…
Month: April 2022
With the Easter holiday approaching, pig meat prices on both sides of the Channel seem to have paused for breath after recent increases which have seen…
The relationship between the pig price and the cost of feed wheat is now, by a long distance, the least favourable it has been for pig…
Mexican pork production is forecast to rise to 1.6 million tonnes cwe in 2022, rising from 1.5 million in 2021, according to the USDA. Mexico is…
Pig World columnist Cameron Naughton has told Channel 4 News how pig producers feel abandoned by the Government, as the sector continues to endure its worst…
BASF has launched its 2022 survey for UK farmers looking into rodent activity on farms across the country. The survey, which will take farmers approximately 10…
The British Pig & Poultry Fair is set to return next month for the first time in four years and will bring together 355 exhibitors and…
The NPA has called on the Government work with the industry to address the labour issues that have crippled the pig sector over the past year,…
The Government has been accused by an influential committee of MPs of failing to take the impact of labour shortages seriously enough, risking permanent damage to…
The NPA is calling for further pig price increases as producers continue to face a battle for survival, despite recent gains. An already desperate situation on…