Chloe Ryan meets Debbie Wilson, the enthusiastic chairwoman of LIPs and hears her plans to spread pork’s message nationwide A year ago, Ladies In Pigs (LIPs)…
Year: 2019
Lauren Turner joined AHDB in August 2017 as the pork processing manager. She graduated from Harper Adams University in 2016, where she was awarded a pig…
Gemma Thwaites is a director at Garth Pig Practice Ltd. She is involved in advisory work and all aspects of investigations on farm and has a…
In the latest in our series of articles on Tackling Tail Biting, AHDB looks at some the actions producers can take to address the problem Making…
Dennis Bridgeford is based near Easter Ross in Scotland’s Highland Region and operates an indoor herd of 550 sows rearing lighter weight finishers of 75kg A…
In his latest Eastern European update, Russian journalist Vladislav Vorotnitkov looks at Russia’s challenges in improving its homegrown breeding herd Although breeding stock is not subject…
Although pig prices are still generally in negative territory, for once it is good to be able to report some positive news on the price front…
The Government could cause untold damage to the British pig sector if it waives tariffs and checks on imports in the event of Brexit no deal,…
The need to allocate resources to planning for a Brexit no deal has has forced Defra to delay its response to the review of AHDB. Defra and…
Defra has published a report explaining its decision to raise the risk level of African swine fever entering the UK from ‘low’ to ‘medium’. It certainly…