Good News for British Pig Industry
UK - The latest pig cost of production report, published by BPEX, has good news for British producers though not all in the garden is rosy.

Lighter Pigs May Find Premium in Christmas Run-up
UK - Although sellers reported they were able to place most of their pigs next week, space remains fairly tight and spot sellers were in many cases forced to accept lower bids rather than face the risk...

Largest Percentage Increase in Pig Farm Incomes
UK - Specialist pig farms saw the largest percentage increase in farm business income in the 12 months to February 2009, but this was from a particularly low base.

NFU Responds to Interview on 'Saving the Planet'
UK - The NFU has issued a statement in response to yesterday's front page story in The Times, where Lord Stern of Brentford said, "Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse...

Thank You (You Know Who You Are)
UK - The queue of unsold spot pigs may be getting slightly shorter due to the major efforts made by some of the more helpful abattoirs out there who were prepared to up their kills and still pay a reasonably...

New Factsheets Point to Greater Pig Productivity
UK - Three new factsheets are now available from BPEX focused squarely on reducing the costs of pig production.

Pork and Poultry Purchases in UK Flying High
UK - Consumer purchases of bacon are soaring and fresh pork and sausages are in hot pursuit according to new figures produced for BPEX.

We're Paying the Price Now
UK - We are now starting to pay the price for the halcyon days of spring and early summer when United Kingdom pig prices soared above European levels, writes Peter Crichton in his Traffic Lights comme...

Spot and Contract Too Far Apart
UK - It was a case of “back to the future” when spot pig prices took a sharp drop today as processors tried to narrow the gap between imported pigmeat which retailers have been buying in increasing volumes...

PiGIS Awarded Prize for 'Next Big Thing'
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) CONNECT’s search for ‘the next big thing’ has concluded with the innovative software, PiGIS™, coming away with a £3,000 prize for best product...

Cranswick Sales Up on Record Hog Prices
UK - Pork supplier Cranswick said first-half sales rose in line with expectations, helped by an acquisition, but the business had been impacted by the rise in pig prices to record levels.

Major Players May Try to Tinker with DAPP
UK - Although contract sellers still have surprised smiles on their faces following the slight upward move in the DAPP which, defying gravity, went from 149.49p to 149.66p, the going was much stickier...

Quality Meat Scotland Plans for the Future
SCOTLAND, UK - Quality Meat Scotland is set to take steps to ensure it remains strongly positioned to robustly deliver its important red meat promotion and development workload for the Scottish livestock...

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...

Supplies Will Tighten Soon
Despite the surging euro which during the last seven days has risen in value from 90.4p to almost 92p, little of the benefit seems to have filtered through to the United Kingdom pig market yet, writes...

Scottish Census Reveals Fall in Animal Numbers
SCOTLAND, UK - There were declines in the number of all farm livestock and poultry in the June 2009 census compared to a year previously, including a 10 per cent decrease in the breeding herd and nine...

Scottish Pig Herd Drops Again
SCOTLAND, UK - The English breeding herd is up 5.5 per cent and Northern Ireland is up 12 per cent — but the Scottish herd has fallen 10 per cent, a disappointing but not unexpected result.

Public Consultation on Pig Carcase Classification
UK - On Friday (18 September), Defra launched a public consultation on the implementation of new European legislation concerning the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of...

Positive Signs for English Pig Sector
UK - Provisional Defra Pig census results published this week report a 5.5 per cent increase in the English breeding herd during the past twelve months.

A Sweet and Sour Pork Day
UK - Rather like a Chinese meal which "fills you up and leaves you empty", trading today was not particularly satisfying for sellers and no real bite has yet emerged in the market, which normally happens...

UK Slaughter Statistics - September 2009
UK - According to the latest figures from Defra (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), the UK's August home-killed production of pigmeat rose quite a bit compared to June and July.

Positive Outlook for English Pig Industry
UK - The latest survey by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) shows some positive signs for the English pig sector.

Autumn Rally Beginning to Look Elusive
UK - A slightly underwhelming day for pig traders with limited space available on the spot market, writes Peter Crichton.

Space is at a Premium
UK - Although fewer pigs were rolled by contract buyers and the last of the short weeks (until Christmas) is out of the way, spot demand remained fickle with space at a premium.

Africa 100 Project Cash to Support Cassava Project
UK - The NFU and FARM-Africa have chosen a fledging project to receive cash from the Africa 100 Appeal. With funds reaching almost £200,000 one final push is being sought from the agriculture industry...