Officials in East Yorkshire have seized illegal pork imports at ports from various EU countries over the past few months. A total of 80kg of imported…
Month: March 2023
In a move that will be warmly welcomed by pig producers in the UK and, indeed, across the world, a deal allowing Ukraine to continue exporting…
Pigs remain a flying trade and the SPP continues to rise and went up by another 1.66p to stand at 211.41p. EU pig meat prices are…
Volumes of UK imports and exports were both well down in January, the latest trade figures from HMRC show. Total pig meat imports for the UK…
EUÂ pig meat production declined to its lowest level since 2014 last year, totalling 22.1 million tonnes, a year-on-year decline of 5.6% (-1.3million tonnes), driven by declining…
There has been a surge in confirmed cases of African swine fever on Chinese pig farms, with analysts predicting that this will reduce output and increase…
Pig producers are feeling more positive about their situation, as prices rise and costs ease slightly, but, after two years of crisis and heavy losses, there…
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget measures on fuel and energy costs will farmers and rural businesses, but he has not gone far enough, according to industry exports.…
Barney Kay has left his role as Pilgrim’s UK’s agricultural director, as part of an ongoing restructuring of the business. Mr Kay, a former NPA general…
The application window for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the claim window for Countryside Stewardships (CS) and Environmental Stewardships (ES) agreements has opened. Farmers have been urged to…