Challenging times for pig sector set to continue, according to latest AHDB Pork Outlook
AHDB’s latest Pork Outlook report paints a difficult picture for the pig sector, as the…
Author Alistair Driver
Alistair Driver
Editor of LBM titles Pig World and Farm Business and group editor of Agronomist and Arable Farmer. National Pig Association's webmaster. Previously political editor at Farmers Guardian for many years and also worked Farmers Weekly. Occasional farming media pundit. Brought up on a Leicestershire farm, now work from a shed in the garden in Oxfordshire. Big fan of Leicester City and Leicester Tigers. Occasional cricketer.
US pork sector on high alert after African swine fever confirmed in Dominican Republic
The US pork sector is on high alert following confirmation of African swine fever (ASF)…
Converting to free farrowing systems could cost the industry £200 million
Converting to free farrowing systems could cost the UK pig sector more than £200 million,…
Northern Ireland pig producers to receive second tranche of COVID compensation
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that a further £1.6 million COVID-19 support…
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Falling Chinese pig price hits import volumes and global pork market – Rabobank
Falling Chinese pig prices on the back of a surge of African swine cases is…
New cross-Government project aims to improve AMR surveillance across the food chain
The NPA has welcomed a new £19.2 million cross-Government surveillance programme to improve the detection…
NPA ‘extremely disappointed’ with Defra response to COVID compensation request
NPA chairman Rob Mutimer issued an angry response after Farming Minister Victoria Prentis rejected the NPA’s request for…
eMB updated to identify biggest users of antibiotics in pigs
The electronic Medicines Book (eMB) has a new benchmarking feature that will indicate whether producers…
Meat and farming sectors criticise lack of clarity over Government self-isolation requirement
The farming and meat sectors have delivered a muted response the Government’s announcement last week…