With only four full processing weeks to go before Christmas, this week’s Slaughter Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that the market improved both in…
Year: 2019
The trickle-down effect of the ASF situation in China and the Far East is turning into more of a flood as reports are continuing to indicate…
Danish Crown, which sold the UK’s biggest pork producer, Tulip, to Brazilian-owned food giant Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation for £290 million earlier this year, has posted strong…
WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp GmbH has equipped the Arche Wilhelminenhof farm in Bakum, Germany, with its new Be.Well pens. The company explained that its Be.Well concept…
The NPA has announced the first chair of the Young NPA, as part of concerted effort to promote young people in the pig sector and give…
Australian scientists have said it could be another five years before a vaccine is developed to protect pigs from African swine fever. Voice of America has reported…
In September, shipments of fresh/frozen pork were up 8% on the year, at 21,500 tonnes. While September did record year on year growth, it was not…
Clean pig slaughter in the UK in October reached just over one million head. This was almost 4% above the same month last year. Recently, there…
The British Hay and Straw Merchants Association has reported that prices for big bale barley straw slipped back below the five-year average in August and September. Prices…
Pig producer margins increased to £7/head in the third quarter of 2019, with the outlook for the current quarter looking even better. AHDB estimates that the…