Successful Season for Producer Clubs
UK - This season's East Anglian pig producer groups, funded by BPEX, came to a close recently with a successful farm walk.

Government to Review English Pig Industry
UK - The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is to undertake a short inquiry into the English pig industry.

Happy Staff = Good Productivity
UK - You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear - in other words, you can have the best pig unit on the planet, but unless you've got the right staff to run it it's worthless.

Pig Industry View of the World
UK - Confidence levels in the British pig industry have, unsurprisingly, fallen according to the results of the latest survey by BPEX Ltd.

Conforming to Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control
UK - Are the conditions being set for Integrated Pollution Prevention And Control (IPPC) permits way off kilter? That's certainly the view of many pig producers who are bewildered by the inconsistent advice they are receiving from the Environment Agency...

PCV2 Vaccine Voucher Scheme Takes Off
UK - The BPEX PCV2 vaccine project has been a runaway success with applications for the scheme covering more than 250,000 sows.

Pig Industry to Meet Animal Rights Group
UK - The British Pig Executive is to contact the animal rights group Animal Aid following allegations of pig cruelty made in a national UK newspaper by the group.

Oxford Benchmarkers Improve Productivity
UK - Oxford pig club members, who benchmark their production figures on a quarterly basis, carried out their first year-on-year check and discovered they had all made great improvements to their levels of production.

Hunt for Pig Farmer Film Makers
UK - The hunt is on for pig farmers in the UK to be presenters for a documentary-style short film on the feed price crisis and how the pig industry has responded.

A Pocketful of Facts
UK - Getting a quart into a pint pot is never easy but the latest edition of A Pocketful of Meat Facts achieves just that.

Fighters for Pig Industry to be Awarded
UK - The pig industry is in crisis and there are many people out there going above and beyond the call of duty to fight for its survival.

New BPHS Scheme for Producers
UK - The British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS), launched in July 2005 by the British Pig Executive (BPEX), has proved such a hit with farmers and vets that a new improved three-year scheme is starting on 1 July.

Facing Up to the Challenge
UK - The British Pig Executive (BPEX) technical group has set itself four main targets in the face of serious challenges to the pig industry.

Pig Industry Gets Royal Backing
UK - The British pig industry has been given royal backing, calling for support for pig farmers.

EPP Congress 2008
UK - This year the English branch of European Pig Producers will host the 2008 congress in Norwich from 5-8 June.

Policy Makers Learn About Pigs
UK - Representatives from Environment Agency, Defra, Health and Safety Executive, Lantra and the RSPCA, along with a number of individuals who work in the industry were invited to an 'Introduction to the Pig Industry' day at Writtle College recently....

£200,00 Available - For Ideas Quick Off the Mark
UK - Pig producers with a 'big idea' they'd like to put into practice shoudl talk to BPEX Ltd - and fast? Producers and processors have got until the end of April to submit ideas and qualify for the BPEX Innovation Fund.

Manure Issues: Analysis, Values and Compliance
UK - With fertiliser prices hitting dizzy heights, the value of livestock manure is becoming more important and the 'product' much sought after.

Vaccine Voucher Scheme Launched
UK - A £1.5million vaccine voucher research project being run by the British Pig Executive (BPEX) is now up and running.

Taking Action on PCV2 - BPEX Research Scheme Starts
UK - Just a day into its new role and BPEX Ltd is making a stand with the launch of a £1.5 million PCV2 vaccine research programme. The aim of the project is to find out more about the debilitating infection and its interaction with PMWS and PDNS - persistent...

Make Time to Evaluate and Reap the Rewards
UK - The start of a new financial year is a good time to review production targets and set new ones, says BPEX. More producers are now seeing a gradual improvement in herd health with the stabilisation of PMWS and most herds there are showing signs of...

Pigs Are Worth It
UK - Three little pigs will start a tour of Britain today (Monday) to help raise awareness of the crisis currently facing British Pig farming.

Levy Reduction Will Come in April
UK - A 10 pence cut in the pig levy has been announced as part of a strategy agreed by the board of the British Pig Executive (BPEX) to help the industry in its hour of need.

FMD Free Status Puts UK Back on Track
UK - Britain's pig industry is hoping the country's re-instated Foot and Mouth Disease-Free status will aid survival. The British Pig Executive (BPEX) is delighted with the news and says it give a welcome moral boost to the beleaguered sector.

Confidence Survey Issued
UK - The British Pig Executive (BPEX) is to carry out its second Annual Industry Confidence and Service Quality Survey to discover how the industry has changed over the last year.