Accolade for East Riding Farm Services
East Riding Farm Services (ERFS), the Driffield-based farm supply business with customers the entire length…
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Trade talks signal cheap loins from the US
Pig producers throughout Europe could gain a brand-new set of challenges and opportunities if transatlantic…
Strategic worming can protect pig profits
Pig producers should think about reviewing their approach to roundworm treatment this summer to improve…
Simplicity is the way forward for Red Tractor
The first steps have been taken towards simplifying the Red Tractor Pigs standards for both…
Processing fails to hide boar taint
Boar taint does not survive processing, and in some products, such as sausages, can be…
Pleurisy is expensive and on the increase
Pleurisy is costing producers at least 75p per affected pig in processing costs alone and…
Fear of factory farming is blocking investment
Pig farmers with the means to invest in improved facilities are increasingly being blocked at…
In defence of long troughs
Extremely wet conditions in the second half of 2012 raised question marks about the concept…
Lessons we can learn from Tesco’s ‘second face of power’
Digby Scott considers the lessons that can be learnt from supermarket giant Tesco’s reaction to…
JSR to set up São Tomé and Principe’s first breeding herd
In a joint venture to improve the sustainability of island nation São Tomé and Principe’s food…