November UK clean pig slaughterings were down 3.5% on November 2023 at 879,000 head, with pigmeat production 3.9% lower at 82 ...

AIMS and others within the meat sector are fighting the FSA’s plans to remove of the currrent meat inspection discount regime ...

The Farming Futures: A Good Life for Pigs event has been organised by Dr Holly Vickery and Dr Laura Palczynski and is open to ...

At the end of last year, it emerged that, despite stretched a limited budget and stretched resources, DPHA, supported by UK ...

Permitted pig and poultry farms have been reminded that, from January 2025, they need to complete retrospective nitrogen and ...

The UK’s female breeding herd contracted further in the year to June 2024, Defra’s latest UK livestock census figures show.

A study, led by thet the Pirbright Institute, the world-leading centre of excellence in research and surveillance of livestock viruses, and published in mBio, uses a novel strategy to make a modified ...

African swine fever has been found across Indonesia, with officials warning of further spread and urging the pig industry to take extra precautions. The virus has been detected in 32 of Indonesia’s 38 ...