There was cautious optimism in the pig industry as prices continue to increase, but it will take a long time for farmers to recover from the recent crisis. Pig prices were still increasing but at a...
There was cautious optimism in the pig industry as prices continue to increase, but it will take a long time for farmers to recover from the recent crisis. Pig prices were still increasing but at a...
In the Animal Welfare Strategy published at the end of last year, Defra committed to ‘banning the use of CO2 gas stunning of pigs, subject to a consultation’
AHDB estimated the margins per pig dropped in the final quarter of the year despite a fall in the cost of production
Defra and the Welsh Government have confirmed their intention to permit the feeding pig and poultry processed animal protein (PAP) for the first time since it was banned in the 1990s as a BSE control