Pig Health: Your Chance to Benefit
UK - Practical steps to improve pig health will be made as the Yorkshire and Humberside Health (YHH) project moves into its next stage. A a series of local producer meetings has been organised, running...

Call for Collaboration
UK - A call has gone out for collaboration between the industry, consumers and politicians in the face of current economic challenges to put the meat and agriculture industry in the right direction, writes...

JSR Conference Celebrates 20th Anniversary
UK - The Annual JSR Technical Conference, this year entitled ‘Opportunities in Turbulent Times’ is taking place on Tuesday 15 September at Nottingham University, the Sutton Bonington Campus.

ROYAL SHOW - British Agriculture Needs to Boost its Image
UK - British agriculture has to recruit 60,000 people over the next decade to maintain its current workforce, the Royal Agricultural Society of England revealed at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh this we...

ROYAL SHOW - UKECP Boosting Livestock and Meat Exports
UK - A livestock and meat export initiative launched at the Royal Show last year has now seen health certificates granted for products and animals to be traded around the world.

ROYAL SHOW - Doors to Close on Royal Show
UK - The UK's premier agriculture event opened its doors for the last time on Tuesday at the Royal Agricultural Society of England's show grounds in Warwickshire, writes ThePigSite senior editor Chris...

BPEX Campaign Scoops Cannes Lions Award
UK - The prestigious Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has announced the winners of its inaugural awards for public relations work.

AFBI to Host Northern Ireland Pig Event 2009
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) at Hillsborough is to host Northern Ireland Pig Event 2009.

Major Success for Groundbreaking New Event
UK - The Royal Agricultural Society of England and ABN's new supply chain event, Pig and Poultry Live 09, proved a hit with industry.

Pork Seminar Offers Everything but the Oink
SCOTLAND, UK - More than 50 chefs from throughout Scotland have been learning about the opportunities in using everything but the ‘oink’ from pig carcases to help profitability.

2009 BSAS Hammond Prize for Professor Bishop
UK - Professor Steve Bishop of the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh has won the 2009 BSAS Sir John Hammond Prize.

Top Welfare Award for Dr McGreevey
UK - Dr Paul McGreevy is the recipient of the 2009 prestigious BSAS/RSPCA Award, presented for innovative developments in animal welfare.

Mayne Elected BSAS President
UK - Dr Sinclair Mayne, Departmental Scientific Adviser with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, was recently elected President of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) at the Society's...

Good Industry Response to Pig and Poultry Live 09
UK - Groundbreaking new business day, Pig and Poultry Live '09, has generated huge demand from producers and companies throughout the pig and poultry supply chains. The event takes place at Stoneleigh...

2009 Royal Show to be the Last
UK - The Royal Show 2009 will be the last in its present form to be held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) at Stoneleigh Park. It takes place on 7 to 10 July.

Lack of Confidence Brings Down Pig Numbers
SCOTLAND, UK - More pig producers will leave the industry, which is in danger of collapsing altogether, if confidence does not improve, NFU Scotland’s Pigs Committee Chairman, Philip Sleigh told MSPs.

BSAS 2009 - UK Science Meeting Opens with Discussion on Food Security
UK - The annual meeting of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) opened yesterday in the seaside town of Southport on the north-west coast of England. The well-attended first session addressed the...

BPEX Change for Success KT Event
UK - The BPEX Change for Success KT event that took place on 18 March was a huge success with more than 100 delegates attending from all sectors of the industry.

QMS: Euro Debate on Future of Food Quality Labelling
SCOTLAND, UK - Food experts from all over Europe are converging on Prague on Thursday (12 March) to debate the future of food labelling including the use of quality marks such as the Protected Geographical...

New Date Set for Outlook Conference
UK - A new date has now been set for the Outlook Conference jointly hosted by EBLEX and BPEX.

NFU AGM REPORT - Government Calls for Partnership
UK - Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, called for a partnership between the agriculture industry and government as a means of producing an environmentally friendly sustainable food industry, writes ThePigSite...

NFU AGM REPORT - Move to Country of Origin Labelling
UK - The Conservative party has launched the Honest Food campaign at the annual meeting and conference of the National Farmers Union in Birmingham this week.

NFU AGM REPORT - Agriculture Must Produce More
UK - The UK agriculture industry has to start producing more while at the same time taking care of the environment.

NFU Conference Calls for New Farming Agenda
UK - Farming should sit at the core of economic thinking, with food production having an equal footing with the environment in Government policy as agriculture rises to the challenge of producing more...

Breeding Pigs and Pork Full of Eastern Promise
UK - A major push by BPEX and the British Pig Association is under way to get breeding pigs and pork into Far Eastern markets.