Conference to Hear Why Science Matters in Farming
UK - If farming is to meet the challenges of producing more food while impacting less on the environment it is vital that research and development in agricultural science is given the funding it needs...

Global Opportunity for Pig Industry People
UK - People with a passion for the pig industry have a unique opportunity to study and travel as BPEX and Merial Animal Health are jointly sponsoring a Nuffield Scholarship award this year.

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...

New On-Farm Guide to Vaccination and Pig Medicines
UK - A new booklet entitled The correct use and storage of veterinary medicines on the pig farm has just been published by Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health in the UK.

Calling All Pig Managers
UK - Time is running out for managers wanting to join the first BPEX Professional Manager Development programme.

Seeking a New Editorial Challenge?
UK - Due to strong growth across all sectors of our business, the 5M Publishing management team is currently looking for editorial staff to help drive the continuing development of our on-line publications...

BPEX Seeks Ideas and Entrepreneurial Spirit
UK - Rekindling the entrepreneurial spirit in UK pig producers and helping them put new ideas into practice. That is the aim of the BPEX Innovation Fund.

Mark Wilson Moves on from BPEX
UK - Mark Wilson, who created the Knowledge Transfer team at BPEX, is making a career move to a leading meat company.

Pig Industry Welcomes 'Academia & Industry Link'
UK - The country's largest pig breeding company, JSR, is supporting the recent change in the way the government is making higher education more accountable to industry.

New UK JSR Sales Director Sees Potential of Industry
UK - Giles Christie has been promoted to UK Sales Director at JSR and takes charge of their UK genetics business.

Genetic Research to Produce Tastier Healthier Meat
UK - How to produce pigs that provide consumers with healthy and yet good tasting meat is part of research being carried out at the University of West of England.

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.

Search for Top Pig and Poultry Trainees Begins
UK - The search for the top trainees in the pig and poultry industries has begun with the launch of the 2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards.

Technical Post for South West and Wales
UK - Strengthening the team for animal feed specialists Ufac (UK) Ltd, is Mark Townsend who has been appointed business development man and technical adviser for the South West of England and Wales.

Find out How to Change for Success
UK - The BPEX Knowledge Transfer Team is holding a meeting entitled Change for Success in Stamford on 18 March 2009.

Investing Significantly in Agriculture
UK - Quantech Solutions has recently undertaken an analysis of the innovation intensity of agriculture, i.e. how much does agriculture invest in innovation relative to other sectors.

First Ever BPEX/Merial Nuffield Scholarship Awarded
UK - Winner of the first ever pig industry Nuffield Scholarship is Harper Adams pig unit manager Richard Hooper.

Pfizer Announces Trainee of Year Award Winners
UK - Two highly promising livestock managers on farms in Staffordshire and Norfolk are the 2008 winners of the Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards for the pig and poultry industries.

BPEX Workshops
UK - The British Pig Executive (BPEX) will be holding a workshop on improving reproductive efficiency next week.

First Professional Development Scheme Launched
UK - Fancy a voucher worth £125 for a Red Letter Day? Then sign up as a new entrant to the pig industry professional development scheme.

Training Session Leads Staff by Example
UK - The first season of meetings for the BPEX Devon and Cornwall training group has gone with a bang.

Juggling - Key Skills for Pig Unit Management
UK - Managers from across the South West's pig industry were posed a huge challenge at a recent staff development workshop. They were asked to do some juggling - quite literally.

Meeting of Minds Aims to Beat PRRS
UK - Scientists, vets and farmers are coming together in a bid to tackle a debilitating virus that has ravaged the pig industry for almost 20 years - PRRS.