It comes as pig producers have endured more than a year of negative margins.
It comes as pig producers have endured more than a year of negative margins.
Fodder beet could be an attractive alternative to costly bought-in feeds, says Mark Snell who grows the crop to use for his own livestock business and also to sell to other farmers.
Defra’s plan to help ease the pig backlog must be turned into reality without delay to provide ‘desperate farmers with some hope of a viable future’.
Browns chief executive Wayne Godfrey said the acquisition demonstrated its commitment to a sustainable Scottish pig industry
The Government has confirmed an agreement has been reached to secure supplies of CO2 gas for the food industry
Pig farmers around the world were facing the same issues seen here in the UK. By Bruce Jobson
It comes as the Standard Pig Price (SPP) dropped to the lowest levels since March 2021
A lack of border control posts in the UK has left the country vulnerable to African Swine Fever, chair of the National Pig Association Rob Mutimer has said.