Supply chain grants total £500.000

NEW grants totalling more than £500,000 have been agreed to improve the supply chain and bring benefits directly to British pig producers. The grants are part of the British Pig Executive Supply Chain Co-operation Grant Scheme and cover six projects ranging from developing a cull sow outlet to increase and stabilise all sow prices to producing sausages from a rare breed of pigs. It is planned to have another tranche of applications for grants opening on Monday, February 2 and closing Friday, March 12. BPEX Marketing Manager Chris Lukehurst said: "This grant scheme has been running for more than a year and has proved to be very effective. "Work done in the early stages is bearing fruit and has been a great help to pig producers."