The top 10% of Danbred sows weaned nearly 42 pigs per sow year in 2024, according to a new report by the company claiming that its pigs…
Month: October 2025
Chris Lovett, from Ashbourne, Derbyshire, has won the 2025 Nick Bird Award at Harper Adams University for his dissertation on the use of ex-electric vehicle batteries…
Westminster City Council inspectors have seized 300kg of ‘suspect meat’, including pork that could pose an African Swine Fever risk, in London’s China Town, according to…
With about one billion pigs worldwide, the pork sector produces significant quantities of emissions each year. These emissions are now increasingly under scrutiny from governments around…
The director of a Ukrainian farm has spoken of the ‘catastrophic’ damage caused by a Russian attack that killed more than 13,000 pigs on his farm.…
To be sustainable, pig producers, first, must be financially viable, according to Jack Bosworth, who farms pigs and arable land in partnership with his family, including…
The well-known Huntsham herd of pedigree Middle White pigs, the UK’s only major supplier of the much sought-after pork from the breed, is up for sale.…
Wicks Manor farm has picked up the honour of Best Charcuterie Product for its Smoked Sliced Ham at this year’s Meat Management Awards. The Essex farms’s Olde…
There is a general shortage of quality rearing and finishing accommodation across the UK pig sector. This is an issue, and often a constraint on expansion,…
The NPA has begun its search for a new chair, after Rob Mutimer announced he will be stepping down in the spring, after five years in…