EU Agriculture Commissioner backs campaign to ban farrowing crates
EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has promised ‘to work intensively’ to implement the goals of…
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.
Second NPA Spring Regional meeting tonight – still time to register
The second of two virtual NPA Spring Regional meetings takes place tonight, April 20, at 7pm,…
Firm demand and tight supply continue to push up prices – TVC
Demand stayed firm last week, despite one major processor reducing capacity to three days at…
Leading UK retailers reduce proportion of British pork on shelves, despite industry pleas
Some key UK retailers reduced the proportion of British pork on their shelves in March,…
New Brexit checks continued to hamper meat exports in February
The introduction of new Brexit checks at the start of the year continued to hamper…
UK pig numbers at highest level since 2004 following marginal growth in 2020
UK pig numbers totalled 4.8 million head on December 1, following marginal growth over the previous 12 months,…
Pig producers suffer huge drop in farm incomes, Defra forecasts show
Pig farm incomes in England have plummeted over the past 12 months, with producers barely…
Elanco’s Baycox Iron available again to pig producers
Elanco has announced that Baycox Iron is available again, following the company’s acquisition of Bayer Animal…
Webinar brings together experts to discuss hyperprolific sows
The British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) is bringing together experts from around the world…
M&S expands RSPCA Assured range as it launches new consumer campaign
M&S is expanding its RSPCA Assured range to offer, it said, more products assured under the high…