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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
UK pig numbers fall in first half 2005
August 23, 2005 UK pig numbers fall in first half 2005 According to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), domestic pig numbers fell in this year's first half. In June 2005, the UK breeding herd totalled 463,00 ...
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
UK annual pig slaughter down this year
August 9, 2005 UK annual pig slaughter down this year UK annual pig slaughter is now 9.1 million pigs compared with 15.9 million in 1998, according to the country's Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC). Pig prices have remained at firm level ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
A look at some causes and control of pig diseases in the UK
May 31, 2005 A look at some causes and control of pig diseases in the UK According to a study by the University of Warwick, the Post-weaning Multi-systematic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) pig disease, spread from south-east England to Scotland wi ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
UK pig industry lacking investments
May 18, 2005 UK pig industry lacking investments Pig prices in the United Kingdom may have been comparatively healthy for several years running. But the local pig industry is still plagued by insufficient capital and problems.  A pig buildi ...
Wednesday, April 6, 2005
Smaller pig breeding herd in UK
April 6, 2005 Smaller pig breeding herd in UK Higher feed costs and tougher regulations have led to an 8 percent decline in the UK's pig breeding herd to 475,000 pigs in 2004. Although price and values are generally stable throughout the EU ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
UK and EU pig market report for 2005
March 15, 2005 UK and EU pig market report for 2005 No seasonal upturn in UK pork prices was observed in the final quarter of 2004. The average price in 2004, 104p/kg dw, was the same as the previous year. The market remained flat in Januar ...
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Supplies to increase by 5 percent on pigs from UK
March 10, 2005 Supplies to increase by 5 percent on pigs from UK The Meat and Livestock Commission stated that due to better weather conditions during 2004 summer, the pig supplies in the United Kingdom have been forecasted to increase by m ...
Friday, January 14, 2005
UK Poultry And Pig Feel Competition From Imports
January 14, 2005 UK Poultry And Pig Feel Competition From Imports UK's intensive poultry and pig sectors is feeling huge pressure from the increasingly global nature of agriculture which has resulted in a significant rise in the level of im ...
Monday, May 24, 2004
New UK Grading System Offers Pig Producers A Route To Greater Market Security
May 24, 2004 New UK Grading System Offers Pig Producers A Route To Greater Market Security Grading carcases by the AutoFOM system, linked to animals of specific genetic merit, will help the UK pig industry become more competitive by identif ...
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
UK To Fight For Pig And Poultry Imports
May 12, 2004 UK To Fight For Pig And Poultry Imports   The British pig and poultry industries will announce initiatives to claw back some of the recent massive drop in their respective markets today. In the past year alone, imports of pork ...
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
UK Pig Breeders Hit By High Medical Costs
March 23, 2004 UK Pig Breeders Hit By High Medical Costs Medical costs is becoming a fast increasing burden for some UK pig producers. The average veterinary bill for a sow is nearly £60 a year, but this figure represents a wide spectrium, ...
Thursday, March 4, 2004
UK Pig Prices Steady
March 4, 2004 UK Pig Prices Steady Prices of pigs in the United Kingdom remained generally unchanged last week. A regional spread is opening up between the north and the east, with one or two northern buyers prepared to pay 1-2p/kg more as ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
UK Pig Prices Heading Up
February 11, 2004 UK Pig Prices Heading Up UK's pig prices have started to recover amid a shortage of finished pigs and falling feed costs. EU prices are edging ahead, with the mainland average rising 2-4p/kg over the three weeks to Friday ...
Thursday, January 8, 2004
UK Pigmeat Outlook Remains Uncertain
January 8, 2004 UK Pigmeat Outlook Remains Uncertain Although Britain's pigmeat prices rose by an average of 9p/kg in 2003, pigmeat outlook for the first part of the New Year remains uncertain. Pigmeat values across Europe have plummeted by ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Subdued Start To UK Pig Trade
January 6, 2004 Subdued Start To UK Pig Trade Pig trading in Britain for the first week in the New Year got off to a subdued start, reflecting the downward trend of the UK Adjusted Euro-Spec Average (AESA) over the past three months. The AE ...

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