China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has announced that 100% of pigs travelling between provinces will be inspected for five major viruses including African swine…
Year: 2019
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) UK has updated the conditions under which permanent baiting with rodenticide is allowed, to cover a critical difference between…
Farm leaders have urged Boris Johnson to ensure the UK does not crash out of the EU without a deal, as he fulfils his ambition of…
Rob Mercer, managing director of Packington Pork, has been announced as the regional winner of the Prince’s Countryside Fund and M&S Farm Resilience Award. As the…
EU pig meat production rose 2% in April, compared to the previous year, to just under two million tonnes. This was 1% lower than March, though…
Pork prices have been sent soaring and herds devastated as African swine fever tears through China’s pig farming industry, forcing the country to ramp up imports…
An African swine fever outbreak at a breeding farm for pigs, near Ruse in the north east of the Bulgaria, was confirmed on Saturday. “All pigs on…
This week’s Slaughter Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that trade continued to be subdued with lacklustre retail demand being blamed by most of…
A fairly forgettable week as far as pig trading is concerned, and although the SPP managed to put on 0.56p, now standing at 152.2p, the picture…
The UK’s pork export market performed strongly in May, with fresh/frozen pork shipments up 31% on a year earlier, at 21,200 tonnes. This was the highest…