NFUS Urges Participation in Carbon Footprint Study
SCOTLAND, UK - NFU Scotland is urging its members to participate in a Scottish Government study that will ultimately produce a farm–based tool to more accurately measure a farm’s contribution to greenhouse...

Defra's New Guidelines to Reduce Salmonella in Feed
UK - The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a new Code of Practice for the control of salmonella in animal feeds, bringing together three previous codes and updating...

Study to Bring Benefits to Meat Sector
UK - New research will develop detailed 'resource maps' to identify the amount of food and packaging waste generated and where it occurs as a step to delivering environmental and commercial benefits across...

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.

VLA: Respiratory Disease Outbreak in Breeding Herd
UK - According to Defra's VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for September, two live piglets were examined in Preston to confirm the outbreak of a respiratory disease in a breeding herd...

Overview of Environmental Legislation for UK Pig Producers
UK - The new version has been published of Summary Notes of Key Environmental Legislation with Implications for the UK Pig Industry from BPEX.

Spotlight on Pig Health in the East
UK - Eastern Health, the new regional pig health improvement project, has been given the green light.

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.

Professor Edwards Wins David Black Award
UK - Professor Sandra Edwards describes herself as someone who prefers to keep a low profile so some might not be aware of the sustained contribution she has made to the British pig industry.

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...

NADIS Veterinary Report & Forecast - October 2009
UK - This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at the data collected from their UK farm inspections.

NFU Announces Kevin Roberts as Director General
UK - The National Farmers' Union (NFU) has announced Kevin Roberts as the organisation's new Director General.

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...

FAWC Publishes Landmark Report on Welfare
UK - Eating meat and using animal products requires hard moral choices to be made, according to Professor Christopher Wathes, the chairman of the Farm Animal Welfare Council.

Maprelin Stimulates Pig Breeding Herd Performance
UK - Janssen Animal Health has introduced a management tool for UK pig producers that stimulates oestrus in gilts and sows, shortens weaning to oestrus interval and can improve reproductive performance...

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.

UK Slaughter Statistics - October 2009
UK - The latest figures from Defra (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) indicate that the overall production of pigmeat in the UK neither decreased nor increased in September.

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...

Meriden Appoints International Technical Specialist
UK - Meriden Animal Health Limited has appointed Dr Inga Shahin as an International Technical Support Specialist.

Pig Brain Defects Not Caused by BSE
UK - From their study published in BMC Veterinary Research, T. Konold from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency Weybridge and co-authors conclude that BSE-like defects in the brain of pigs are not...

Consumers Shown How to Love Pork More
UK - Celebrity Master chef winner, Liz McClarnon, teamed up with BPEX's Love Pork campaign to teach people how to cook pork properly. Her tour of the major cities of England clocked up 29 regional radio...

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...