BBC’s Countryfile programme focused on the threat facing the UK pig industry from African swine fever (ASF) on Sunday night. Pressenter Tom Heap pwarned that the virus, which has…
Year: 2019
This week’s Pig Marketing Summar, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that the January doldrums continued to plague trade. Demand was reported as dire by one or…
African swine fever (ASF) has been found in six pork products se Australia seized at Australian airports and mail processing centres A total of 152 pork products…
Very little to shout about in the pig trading world today, with prices mainly in retreat and the SPP falling another 0.53p to 139.49p followed by…
EU pig prices have recorded little movement in the past four weeks, with the EU average reference price standing at €134.51/100kg in the week ended January…
The feed conversion ratio (FCR) is an important performance indicator for pig producers, as it has an influence on production costs. For the 12 months to September…
Further reducing red meat consumption in the UK could have a detrimental impact on public health, AHDB has warned in response to a high profile report…
The French authorities are planning to cull all wild boar in a zone along the Belgian border to try to prevent an outbreak of African swine…
Pig and poultry farmers will soon be able to demonstrate compliance with new permitting rules, using two new, simple calculators, free of charge. The calculators have…
The UK Farming Roundtable, which consists of organisations representing farmers and growers from all agricultural sectors across the UK, has warned of the severe impacts that a…