Specially Selected Pork Launches New Website
SCOTLAND - Specially Selected Pork has a home on the web following the launch of a new website.

Animal Landscape Set for a Change
UK - The landscape of Wales could change in years to come if changes in world food supplies and prices push more farmers towards arable rather than livestock farming. Mark Hill, head of the national food and agriculture group for Deloitte, in Cardiff,...

Demand for Meat Falls in GB
UK - In the Bulletin of 10 July we reported on the fall in consumer demand for beef and lamb in GB. According to a Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) bulletin, the latest household consumption figures for GB reported by the market researchers TNS show...

Prices Return from Recent Higher Peaks
UK - Looking back it may be supposed that if at the start if the year any producers had been offered 134p for bacon in mid August they would have jumped at the opportunity, writes Peter Crichton in his Traffic Lights Commentary.

Pigs: Renewable Fuel of the Future?
UK - The future of renewable energy could be in pigs, according to environmentally responsible energy firm, Green Energy UK.

Annual Farm Input Costs Soar
UK - Farm input costs have soared by 30% in the past year, according to stark statistics due to be released next week.

Boost For Pig Skills Training
UK - British Pig Executive (BPEX) has set out its stall to help the British pig industry boost its skill levels with grant applications worth more than £300,000 in the pipeline to a range of Regional Development Authorities (RDA).

TV Documentary on Pig Farming Scheduled
UK - A Wiltshire farmer is to feature in a documentary highlighting the plight of the pig farming industry in England. Rising feed costs are currently the greatest challenge.

New Scottish Pork Advertising Campaign
SCOTLAND - It is not often you see porkies in the papers, but that is set to change this month with the launch of the latest stage of the successful Specially Selected Pork campaign.

Consultation on Revised Waste Exemptions
UK - Defra, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Environment Agency are undertaking a review of the waste exemptions from environmental permitting.

Revised Strategy for Surveillance into Antibiotic Resistance in Animals
UK - The Government has today published a revision to its strategy for developing a comprehensive surveillance programme for antimicrobial resistance occurring in animals for England and Wales.

Pork Pie Sales Hit by "Healthy Eating", Wet Weather
UK - They have long been seen as a quick and tasty snack for anyone on the move.

Cull Sow Market Defies Gravity
UK - Last week’s comment that a two-tier trade was opening up when comparing demand for cull sows with finished pigs, has proved even more apt today writes Peter Crichton.

Pig Package Has Little to Offer Producers
SCOTLAND - NFU Scotland has expressed significant reservations regarding the £1 million pig package announced yesterday (Thursday, 7 August) by Scottish Government.

Government Funding Pledge for Scottish Pig Sector
SCOTLAND - The Chairman of Quality Meat Scotland, Donald Biggar, has welcomed a Scottish Government £200,000 funding boost for the Scottish pig sector that is aimed at doubling the scale of this year’s Specially Selected Pork marketing campaign.

£1m Support Package for Scottish Pig Industry
SCOTLAND - A £1 million package of support to secure a sustainable long-term future for Scotland's pig producers was pledged today by the Scottish Parliament.

Extending Support to the Scottish Food Industry
SCOTLAND - A multi-million pound investment to help put more local food on Scots' dinner tables has been announced.

Key Thinkers Unite at JSR Conference
UK - JSR Genetics’ 19th Technical Conference, entitled ‘50 Years of Excellence in Breeding’, taking place on 16th September 2008 at the University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, will bring together influential industry thinkers of the present...

Breeding Pigs Leave UK for the Philippines
UK - The first consignment of breeding pigs since foot-and-mouth stopped all exports of breeding animals last autumn, has been exported to Asia by JJ Genetics, of Caxton, Cambridge.

Action to Improve Productivity
UK - The latest in a comprehensive series of practical tips for pig keepers have just been published by BPEX.