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Next year will bring more price gloom for pig farmers
Next year will be more of the same for Europe's pig producers, predicts AHDB Pork director Mick Sloyan, with maybe one percent more production in the…
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Kit-form piggeries proving increasingly popular
“Big boys’ flat-packs” are proving popular with pig farmers. ARM Buildings reports that providing piggeries in kit form for producers to assemble…
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Slurry controller agreement for contract pig rearing
The Ulster Farmers’ Union Environment Committee along with Pork and Bacon Committee have been working with DARD and NIEA to address the issue of…
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Extra-miler Jimmy Butler wins this year’s British pig industry Chris Brant Award
Winner of this year’s British pig industry Chris Brant Award is Jimmy Butler, a larger-than-life pig producer in East Anglia. “He is exactly what the…
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Ulster farmers pressure Truss on meat exports
The Ulster Farmers' Union has urged the DEFRA minister, Liz Truss, to do more to encourage beef, lamb and pig meat exports. At a meeting, arranged by…
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Government urged to adopt EU loan guarantees for British pig farmers
British pig-producers would find it easier to improve productivity if Government can be persuaded to adopt new guidelines from Brussels on financial…
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Solomon Islands for reliable Landia pig slurry pump
A customised trolley-mounted slurry chopper pump, designed and built by Landia, is on its way to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. The…
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EU farmers 'flouting welfare rules' causing UK counterparts to lose out
Pork imports from EU countries accused of flouting EU animal welfare rules are causing UK farmers to lose out, MPs have said. Around 40,000 pigs an…
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UK farming's reliance on imported GM feed to be highlighted
The NFU will be highlighting UK farming’s reliance on imported GM feed at the launch of a new cross-industry report on global supply chains ‘Going…
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Loss-making pig producers welcome Lidl to their ‘hundred percenters club’
Faced with plunging prices, British pig producers are finding good news thin on the ground, so the news this week that discounter Lidl has at last…
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