From the Wallingford Pig Study Group to PIC
UK - In 1955, a group in the UK called the Wallingford Pig Study Group was concerned that the traditional purebred breeders were not producing the right pig for future markets.

Livestock 2012 Stand Space Schedule Launched
UK - The stand space schedule for Livestock 2012, the rebranded Dairy Event and Livestock Show, to be held at the NEC, Birmingham, on 4 to 5 September, has been launched on-line this week by the event’s...

PIC Celebrates First 50 years of Genetic Improvement
UK - 26 February 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of business for global swine genetics leader Pig Improvement Company (PIC). From the very beginning, the company has been true to its "never stop improving"...

Outlook Conference Date Set
UK - This year’s Outlook conference, jointly hosted by BPEX, DairyCo and EBLEX, will be held at One Great George Street in London, on Wednesday 2 May.

BPEX 2TS: Focus on Weaning - Diary Dates
UK - At the 2TS Focus on Weaning event, local producers will speak about how they help get their weaned piglets off to a good start and industry experts will discuss appropriate use of antimicrobials,...

Bag £1,000 with ABN Innovation Award
UK - Open to anyone with an idea for adding greater value to the British pig and poultry industry, the ABN Innovation Award 2012 sets out to highlight the very best idea to help tackle some of the challenges...

Pig Grading System Wins OFC/RASE Practice
UK - The winner of the 2012 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC)/ Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Practice with Science Award sponsored by AB Agri, has been won by PiGIS, a pig grading information...

Pig and Poultry Fair Seeks Best New Product
UK - There will be an important change in the way the Best New Product is judged at this year’s British Pig and Poultry Fair.

Spelman: Alliances Will Shape CAP That Fits
UK - Caroline Spelman says alliances forged with other EU member states will help increase the power and influence held by British agriculture.

OFC - CAP Reform to Meet Increasing Food Demand
UK - An increasing demand for food requires a Common Agricultural Policy that encourages efficiency and does not stifle it, writes Chris Harris.

Phobic Food Marketing
UK - Think of some famous advertising brands, it is remarkable how many of these brands implement science and technology into their products and highlight its importance, writes Dr Grant Walling, Managing...

How to Defend against PRRS
UK - Robin Brice from Rattlerow Farms invested several years' efforts to eradicate porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS) from one unit.

BPEX Manager Gets Accolade
UK - BPEX Foodservice Sector Manager Tony Goodger has been chosen as one of the top 20 most influential people in public sector catering.

BPEX LIVE: Current Risk of Swine Dysentery
UK - Pig vets from Garth Partnership in Yorkshire will review the current risk of swine dysentery.

Pig & Poultry Fair Leads the Way
UK - The UK’s premier pig and poultry event is gearing up once again to provide producers with all the help they need to tackle the challenges facing their businesses.

UK Dairy Event Re-branded as Livestock Show
UK - The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers is re-branding and rescheduling the Dairy Event and Livestock Show.

Sectors Awarded for Contribution to Animal Welfare
UK - Compassion in World Farming will present more than 40 hospitals, educational institutions and local councils with Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards on Monday, 28 November 2011, for their efforts...

Rock On! Most Legendary British Bangers Honoured
UK - Sausages top the charts as one of the nation’s best loved foods and on Monday, rock legend Noddy Holder gave three ‘Legendary British Bangers’ his Gold Disc of approval.

UK Pig Producers Strengthen Disease Defences
UK - More than one-third of producers say they are going to review their defences against pig disease, following the 2TS 'Focus on Health' conferences.

Get Ready for 2012 Oxford Farming Conference
UK - The 2012 Conference, 'Agriculture: Tomorrow's Power', will be held on 3 to 5 January 2012 at the Examination Schools at Oxford University.

Successful 2TS Focus on Health Meetings
UK - The three 2TS Focus on Health conferences last week were a great success, say the organisers, BPEX.

Top Five Services Offered for Pig Health Scheme
UK - A ‘top five’ of farm services that will be available to every pig farm signing up to BPEX’s new national pig health scheme, were revealed at this week’s ‘Two Tonne Sow’ Focus on Health...

Register for BPEX's 2TS Health Conferences
UK - Register now to secure one of the remaining spaces at this month’s Two-Tonne Sow Focus on Health conferences which will help tackle the physical and financial cost of pig disease.

Conference Seeks Answers to Pig Health Challenges
UK - Tackling the physical and financial cost of pig disease is the focus of this autumn’s Two-Tonne Sow (2TS) conferences.

Rare Chance to Buy Heritage Breeds
UK - If you are looking for a Castlemilk Moorit, a Derbyshire Gritstone, a Dexter Bull, or an Indian Runner, you might well be among the thousands of visitors to the Borderway Auction Mart, in Carlisle,...

Coming Dialogue on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals
US - A national forum to focus on antibiotic use in food animal production will be held on 26 to 27 October in Chicago.

Meaty Reward for Top Training Scotland Players
SCOTLAND, UK - Top butchers from throughout Scotland congregated at Murrayfield yesterday to ensure Scotland’s star rugby players are fuelled by first class Scotch meat.

JSR's 22nd Conference: Beddington at Bonnington
UK - JSR Genetics' 22nd Technical Conference entitled 'The Next Agricultural Revolution' will take place on Tuesday 13th September with Sir John Beddington, Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA),...

Get Involved in the Olympics
UK - There’s only a year to go until the 2012 Olympics get under way and pig farmers have a great chance to get involved through supply partnerships into the Games’ catering contractors.

Hampshire Boar Wins Pig of the Year
UK - Day two of the Great Yorkshire Show saw a Hampshire boar winning the prestigious British Pig Association's Pig of the Year Award 2011, writes Lucy Towers, ThePigSite Newsdesk Assistant.