ForFarmers UK has announced its intention to close its site in Blandford, North Dorset, in the second quarter of 2019. This, the company said, is in…
Year: 2019
This week’s Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that there was some welcome stability in the market with most processors having a smoother running…
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has launched posters in five different languages, covering different groups including: commercial pig producers, small-scale pig keepers, hunters and…
A campaign to ask the Oxford English Dictionary to remove derogatory words and phrases, such as ‘pig out’ and ‘porker’, has been shortlisted for a PR…
After last week’s increase in German pig prices, it was good to see that on this side of the Channel we may be following the same…
The Japanese government had announced that the country’s Classical swine fever outbreak has spread to five regions including Osaka, and that more than 15,000 pigs will…
Prosecutors investigating the cause of Belgium’s African swine fever (ASF) outbreak have made two arrests, which appear to be linked to wild boar being imported from Eastern…
UK retailers stocked more British pork their shelves in January than they did two months earlier, according to the latest AHDB Porkwatch survey. However, the results were…
The European Union recently signed a trade agreement with Japan, enabling its members to benefit from lower duties on some pork products, including frozen pork and…
EU pig meat production rose 2% year-on-year in November to total just under 2.1 million tonnes, according to the latest figures published by Eurostat. Increased production…