Scotland’s red meat and offal sold outside the UK grew to £137 million in the year from August 2023 to July 2024, according to Quality Meat…
Month: October 2024
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons has taken steps to professionalise and streamline the process of pig producers hosting veterinary students on farm for their undergraduate…
Four new outbreaks of swine dysentery have been confirmed in the north of England on a single day. Notifications via the Significant Diseases Charter revealed two…
UK clean pig slaughterings in September, at 855,000 head, were up 5.2% on the September 2023 figure of 813,000, according to Defra’s latest slaughter statistics. The…
A group of red meat UK exporters has headed to South Africa as part of a mission to help meet the country’s growing appetite for red…
New measures to restrict pork imports from the EU have been introduced in the Isle of Man in a bid to minimise the risk posed by…
James Cooper, Food Standards Agency’s deputy director of food policy, responds to meat industry criticism of the agency’s new plans for charging for abattoir inspections. Keeping…
Livestock housing solutions specialist, Galebreaker has announced the appointment of Chloe Rodriguez as an animal welfare specialist. After graduating from Harper Adams University with a degree…
The effects of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) have changed since it was first found in UK pigs 25 years ago, when it caused devastation through…
Lincolnshire producer James Ross has won the 2024 Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year award, with the judges describing him as a ‘shining example of…