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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Monitoring Sow PricesUK - Sow prices are almost double the level they were at this time last year because of an increased demand for manufacturing meat.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
BPEX Export Bulletin - August 2008 - Week 35UK - Danish pig industry loses billions and pig breeding in the Czech Republic loses its self-sufficiency, according to the August 2008, Week 35 BPEX Export Bulletin.
First Professional Development Scheme LaunchedUK - Fancy a voucher worth £125 for a Red Letter Day? Then sign up as a new entrant to the pig industry professional development scheme.
Friday, August 29, 2008
ACMC Tip: Check Parity ProfileUK - With the increase in cull sow prices, now is a good time to review herd parity profile, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd.
Friday, August 22, 2008
NADIS Pig Health Trend Graphs - August 2008UK - BPEX has published the latest NADIS report covering production indices and diseases in graphic format, interpreted here by ThePigSite Editor, Jackie Linden.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Boost For Pig Skills TrainingUK - British Pig Executive (BPEX) has set out its stall to help the British pig industry boost its skill levels with grant applications worth more than £300,000 in the pipeline to a range of Regional...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Key Thinkers Unite at JSR ConferenceUK - JSR Genetics’ 19th Technical Conference, entitled ‘50 Years of Excellence in Breeding’, taking place on 16th September 2008 at the University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, will bring...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Action to Improve ProductivityUK - The latest in a comprehensive series of practical tips for pig keepers have just been published by BPEX.
Beefing Up the Sunday RoastUK - The Sunday roast on our dinner tables has the potential to be packed with bags more natural flavour, say scientists at The University of Nottingham, in research sponsored by Pfizer.
Monday, August 04, 2008
NEW - Pig Journal Proceedings SupplementUK - Since the decision to take The Pig Journal to being a fully refereed Journal, it was decided to continue with the publication of more informative or practical based articles in the new Proceedings...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Million Piglets Vaccinated for PCV2UK - More than a million piglets have been vaccinated as part of a BPEX research project into PCV2 in the UK.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Training Session Leads Staff by ExampleUK - The first season of meetings for the BPEX Devon and Cornwall training group has gone with a bang.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
JSR Customers Enjoy Swell TimeUK - ‘Gone fishing’ signs were out in force for customers of JSR, the pig genetics company, when they set sail from Bridlington Harbour on 2nd July on their keenly anticipated annual fishing...
Monday, July 21, 2008
Successful Season for Producer ClubsUK - 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 IndustryUK - The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee is to undertake a short inquiry into the English pig industry.
Friday, July 18, 2008
ACMC: Tips to Avoid Autumn InfertilityUK - July and August are months when pig producers should start thinking about autumn infertility. Rapidly-falling day lengths are one of the triggers leading to increased returns in sows over the autumn...
Friday, July 04, 2008
REVIEW: The Pig Journal, Volume 61 (2008)UK - The latest edition of the Pig Journal, published by the UK Pig Veterinary Society is available in the new fully refereed and A4 book format.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
NEW: The Pig Journal Index Volumes 1-60UK - The updated index of the Pig Journal volumes 1-60 (1976-2007), which has been kindly brought together by Stan Done and Sarah Brown of the VLA, is quite unique.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
'It's about how good you want to be.'UK - The new man at the helm of the Pig Veterinary Society is Derek Armstrong. Derek, 48, took over from Jill Thomson, at the Spring Meeting of the PVS, in Edinburgh.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
New president for Pig Veterinary SocietyUK - Mr Derek Armstrong (right) was elected as the new president of the Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) at its spring meeting in Edinburgh at the end of May.
Happy Staff = Good ProductivityUK - 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.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Pig Industry View of the WorldUK - Confidence levels in the British pig industry have, unsurprisingly, fallen according to the results of the latest survey by BPEX Ltd.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Conforming to Integrated Pollution Prevention And ControlUK - 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...
Monday, June 23, 2008
PCV2 Vaccine Voucher Scheme Takes OffUK - The BPEX PCV2 vaccine project has been a runaway success with applications for the scheme covering more than 250,000 sows.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Cash-in on Cull Sows to Increase ProductivityUK - Due to the disruption caused by foot-and-mouth and very poor cull sow prices, lots of pig farmers have held onto older sows for too long. As a result the parity structure in many breeding herds is...
Pig Industry to Meet Animal Rights GroupUK - 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.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Oxford Benchmarkers Improve ProductivityUK - 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...
Monday, June 16, 2008
Hunt for Pig Farmer Film MakersUK - 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.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Essential Fat Gene Research in Pigs ConductedUK - Research is being conducted for the identification of fat gene markers which allows geneticists to prognosticate how and when fat is laid down in pig carcases.
A Pocketful of FactsUK - Getting a quart into a pint pot is never easy but the latest edition of A Pocketful of Meat Facts achieves just that.
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