July pig meat production figures see first year-on-year drop for 2022
Defra pig meat production figures for July see both a year-on-year and month-on-month fall in volumes. In…
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Pig slaughterhouses and abattoir numbers continue to decline in England
The latest AHDB figures show a worrying continuation in the decline of English pig abattoirs. Recent…
Two weeks remaining for Red Tractor members to complete online welfare training
Red Tractor pig scheme members have until August 31 to completed the new online welfare training requirement. …
A ‘positive glimmer of light’ in the pork market – TVC
A ‘positive glimmer of light, at the end of a long tunnel’ has appeared, following…
Vote now for NPA Allied Industry Member of the Year Award!
Voting is now open to select the winner of the NPA’s coveted Allied Industry Member…
Quality Equipment’s solar powered Transition feeder
Quality Equipment (QE) has now developed a solar powered model of its Transition Feeder, for…
Farm to Fork: EFSA publish scientific opinion concerning on-farm pig welfare
The European Food Safety Authority has published the first of several animal welfare opinion pieces…
GB pig prices for week ending August 6, 2022 – marginal increase in SPP; carcase weights continue decline
AHDB Pork’s weekly pig prices, slaughter data and commentary for Great Britain The EU spec…
Pilgrim’s UK Lamb launches, with ambitions to reinvent British lamb
Pilgrim’s UK has now officially launched its lamb business, which will ‘connect a country wide…
Registering rare breeds could protect them in the event of a notifiable disease outbreak
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) is reminding rare breed farmers and keepers to register…