Feeding pigs the wrong feed at the wrong time reduces production efficiency and increases environmental footprint.

New technologies, improved building designs were found to reduce employee demands while simplifying adherence to biosecurity ...

To get the very best results on farm, this focus on precision needs to extend well beyond nutritional formulation and ...

A figure like “33 pigs weaned a year per sow” is down to housing, genetics, feed and staff management, according to pig farmer Soren Sondergaard. With a herd of 900 sows and weaning up to 14.6 pigs a ...

UK pork processor Cranswick has acquired pig rearer East Anglian Pigs. Cranswick chief executive Adam Couch says pig production will form an "important" part of the group's operations going forward ...

Rising threat of diseases, such as the African Swine Fever, are a key motivator towards concerted efforts to safeguard a country’s production base. In St Lucia, the government is working towards ...

Bowes of Norfolk – the pig producer recently bought by Cranswick – has sold its pig rearing and fattening division to an existing management team, it has been announced. A new company, called East ...

A recent scientific review describes how tail docking causes some pain to 100% of the pigs, and reduces the risk of tail biting (approximately 2-fold, based on available abattoir data). Even though ...

Over 180 pig producers and industry stakeholders attended the event over the two days. Pictured at the Teagasc pig open day this week in Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork were: Sarah Hanley, IFA; ...

Global animal genetics company Genus, has entered into a strategic partnership with River Stone Farm (Shandong) Co, in China, in an agreement which will see it become the Group’s first commercial ...