Space at a premium, reports this week’s Pig Marketing Summary
This week’s Slaughter Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that major problems at…
Author Simon King
Facial recognition technology aims to detect emotional state in pigs
Animal behaviourists from Scotland’s Rural College in Edinburgh have teamed up with machine vision experts…
Elanco becomes a fully dedicated animal health company
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated recently announced that it is now a fully independent company, becoming…
NFU and NPA respond to extension of Article 50
Following last night’s announcement by European Union leaders who have offered to delay Brexit, the…
UK pig herd decreased in December
Figures from Defra have revealed that UK pig numbers on December 1, 2018 totalled 4.6…
February decline in UK clean pig slaughtering
New data from Defra has revealed that UK clean pig slaughter in February was 834,200…
UK pork trade in 2019 got off to a flying start
The UK pork trade in the first three months of 2019 saw both exports and…
EU pig meat production up in 2018
EU pig meat production for December was down 5% compared to December 2017, according to…
GB breeding herd productivity declined in 2018
GB breeding herd productivity declined in 2018, according to the latest physical performance data, provided…
NFU urges Chancellor to act now to revise no-deal applied tariffs
The NFU has warned Chancellor Philip Hammond that the recent UK applied tariff policy announcement…