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New JSR internations sales director
Top UK pig genetics company JSR have reinforced their commitment to the global pig industry by appointing Paul Anderson to the role of International…
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New viral threat to UK pig industry
New viral threat to UK pig industry A new disease which poses as great a risk as foot-and-mouth disease could devastate the British pig industry…
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Quality Equipment offers on-line shopping
Farmers visiting G E Baker’s (Quality Equipment) website – www.quality-equipment.co.uk – can now shop on line. The company has added a ’live’ section…
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New feeder saves piglets’ lives
Equipment manufacturer G E Baker (UK) Ltd, has teamed up with international nutrition company, Trouw Nutrition International, to produce a feeder…
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What next for the pig industry?
Get up to speed with everything BPEX has to offer at a brand new series of free pig industry updates next week. The three events aim to make sure pig…
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Switch from fish and save — pig farmers advised
Pig farmers could save £20 per tonne by dropping highly-expensive fishmeal from their sow diets and switching to a product based on fish oils, says…
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Thompson’s tip: Drying out after disinfection
Cleaning and disinfection are an essential part of successful disease control, preventing or reducing the transfer of infection from one batch of…
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Bringing home the silver
An armful of trophies was taken by ACMC pigs at Yorkshire’s Hull Market Christmas Show. They were awarded for the Supreme pen of pigs, Reserve pen of…
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British pigs fly the flag
If it says just "British" on the packet it will be just British in the packet – a new code of practice on the labelling of pork and pork products is…
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NFU lobbying maintains exemption for pig and poultry producers
Lobbying by the NFU has seen the Government abandon plans to remove the existing waste exemption for the landspreading of poultry and pig carcass…
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