A committee of MPs has called for the government to take action to address the flow of illegal meat imports into the country, including taking into…
Month: November 2025
The Oxford Sandy and Black Pig Group (OSBPG) has developed an African swine fever (ASF) contingency plan for breeders, keepers and independent pork producers. The charity,…
Taiwan’s first African swine fever (ASF) was probably caused by unsterilised food waste, according to the country’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane. The government announced…
Questions that have been rumbling for a long time over the use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs in UK abattoirs have just got louder. The…
AHDB has lowered its forecast for 2025 UK pigmeat production, after a drop in production in Q3, largely driven by the excessively warm summer. AHDB’s latest…
Party conference season, the staple of the political calendar, is over for another year. So, how did the main parties fare? While it seems a distant…
The November 2025 issue is now available online. Packed full of news, features and comments.
The 2025 National Pig Awards supplement is now available online. Read about all the finalists.