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WEBSeptember 20, 2024. Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have generated a nearly complete genome assembly for an in-bred domestic pig breed, enhancing the animal’s potential use in human and animal health medicine and allowing greater insight into viral diseases like African swine fever (ASF). Derived from the domestic Large White pig breed ...
GB pig prices for week ending September 28, 2024 - Pig World
WEB5 days ago · Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain. The EU-spec SPP dropped back again during the week ended September 21, losing 0.29p to 208.97p/kg. It has now lost 1.21p over the past four weeks to dip below 209p/kg for the first time since February 2023, and stands 14.5p below the same week last year.
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WEB4 days ago · Pilgrim’s Europe returns to growth, as pork business delivers £40m profit. Pilgrim’s Europe, which includes leading high welfare pig producer and processor Pilgrim’s UK, has announced…. Looking for News news? Pig World provides news, comment and analysis, as well as prices and market information from both home and abroad.
Cranswick’s financial outlook improves, as sales volumes grow
WEB9 hours ago · March 29, 2025 is now expected to be towards the upper end of current market expectations,” the Hull-based pig and poultry company said in a half-year trading update. Market expectations for adjusted profit before tax for the current financial year, as at September 27, ranged between £179.2m and £191.7m. Results for the 53 weeks to …
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WEBSep 12, 2024 · Inspiring and educating the next generation about the realities of pig farming. Training and education of the next generation of pig farmers is well underway at the…. Looking for Features news? Pig World provides news, comment and analysis, as well as prices and market information from both home and abroad.
Dover port authority warns Defra budget cuts could stop vital ASF ...
WEB7 hours ago · Meat seized from a single coach at the Port of Dover. The Dover Port Health Authority (DPHA) has warned that cuts to its resources could leave it unable to carry out any checks on illegal meat imports, with a potentially catastrophic impact for the pig sector. Accompanying last week’s announcement on tightening up the rules governing personal ...
RBST Watchlist highlights worrying decline in our native pig breeds
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Seven of the UK’s 11 native pig breeds – Berkshire (pictured above), British Landrace, British Lop, Large Black, Large White, Middle White and Tamworth – remain in the highest risk Priority category, with most of the rare pig breeds now showing a sustained downward trend in total sow numbers.The number of Berkshire pig sows has fallen from 363 in 2021 to 288 in 2023, while Tamworth pig ...
UK pig population falls to lowest level since 2012, amid tentative ...
WEBDec 20, 2023 · The drop in the total pig population was driven by a 11.2% fall in the numbers of fattening pigs to 4.26 million head, the lowest number recorded since 2015.
Pig producers remain comfortably in profit, but falling ... - Pig World
WEBFeb 2, 2024 · Feed costs remained consistent at 121p/kg, making up an estimated 62% of total costs Q4, compared with 69% in Q4 2022, when feed averaged 154p/kg and 73% in Q2 2022, when feed costs hit an eye-watering peak of 175p/kg.
UK pig production profits grow in Q3, but falling prices to squeeze ...
WEBNov 2, 2023 · UK pig producers, on average, made a profit of £25 per finished pig during the third quarter of this year, as the industry continued to recoup some of the huge losses made over the past two years. AHDB net margin data estimates that the full economic cost of production for Q3 was 195p/kg deadweight, 1p below the figure for Q2. Feed costs fell ...