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Cash grants for pig development
New ideas are the lifeblood of the pig industry and to develop them, the British Pig Executive (BPEX) is putting its money where its mouth is. A…
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Answers to a weighty pig problem?
With feed costs rocketing pig producers are asking themselves how best to minimise the effects. Should pigs be taken to a higher slaughter weight to…
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Pig meat export ban eased
News that exports of pig meat can restart from parts of the UK is a small step on the road back to normality says the British Pig Executive (BPEX)…
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Wireless system for piggeries — it’s not the Home Service!
Farmex — the Reading-based high-tech ventilation company — has been awarded a grant for a £100,000, two-year project to look into ways of producing a…
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I'm backing British pigs
Award-winning sausage maker John Langford is throwing is weight behind the campaign to get a fair return for British pig producers. John, who runs…
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Pork - We'll pay more say shoppers
British consumers have said 'yes' to digging a bit deeper into their pockets to help secure the future of quality British pork supplies according to…
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Pig industry losses unsustainable
Britain's pig farmers and processors today launched a major campaign www.britishpigsareworthit.com to persuade supermarkets and foodservice outlets…
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Back British pig and poultry to secure future supplies
At a time when the world's food supplies are coming under unprecedented pressure because of a combination of climate change and soaring demand, the…
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Web link shows pig farmers how to save expensive feed
With hard-pressed British pig farmers facing sharp increases in feed costs — in addition to pressure on pig prices caused by foot-and-mouth disease…
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Re-opened: Red meat exports to the EU
The demand is still out there - importers in EU member states are telling us they want our beef and lamb now says the Chairman of the English Beef…
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