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Farmers See Fodder Solutions at Open Day
Farmers and livestock managers travelled from around the country to the Fodder Solutions seminar and workshop for the opportunity to see the system…
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Thompson’s tip: Keeping the milk-bar flowing
For a sow’s mammary gland to work efficiently it should have been suckled in the previous lactation, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to…
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Pork scratchings are back on the British menu at Selfridges
On Monday 7th November, Selfridges Food Hall will be introducing a revolutionary new British snack - Mr Trotter’s Great British Pork Crackling. Food…
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Monitoring as a management tool
"Success in the piggery doesn’t depend upon the equipment but on the people using that equipment. Management needs to recognise its own ignorance…
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Pfizer Trainee of Year Awards for pig and poultry industries
Two young workers progressing to management on a Midlands outdoor pig unit and on a Suffolk duck farm are the winners of the 2011 Pfizer Trainees of…
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Warms water in winter
Sub-zero conditions last winter caused huge problems for pig farmers due to drinking systems freezing up, particularly in straw-based housing. In…
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Packington Pork expands with support from Barclays Corporate
A pig farming business in Staffordshire has expanded with a £600,000 loan from Barclays Corporate. Burton-based Packington Pork has extended their…
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Supermarkets could trigger pork shortage
A massive shortage of fresh pork could result from short-sighted policies of major supermarkets, predicts Matthew Curtis, managing director of…
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Finalists chosen for Pfizer Pig Trainee of Year Award
Three of the pig industry’s brightest young workers from Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire have been chosen as finalists competing for the…
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New opportunity to boost UK pork consumption
Assuring taint-free meat holds the key to raising UK pork consumption, according to Nigel Lodge, MRCVS, national veterinary manager of Pfizer Animal…
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