Pig

Conference told 'the sectors were losing control of the public narrative on some issues such as euthanasia and water and air quality'

Due to the ‘challenging economic climate’ the retailer’s Woodheads abattoir is consolidating its processing volumes and as a result has made the decision to reduce the number of pig producers

The pig sector accounts for 4% of the total UK agriculture emissions with pigs delivering the largest proportional reduction in emissions intensity of any major livestock sector since 1990

The widely held view that the pig is a great recycler and can be fed kitchen waste still exists and poses huge risks

Pressure remains on pig prices, but there is some hope that tightening European supply could support the British market

With many challenges hanging over the pig sector in the UK, Alex Black spoke to Sofina Foods' Graham Wilkinson about its new programme to collaborate with farmers

In the Animal Welfare Strategy published at the end of last year, Defra committed to ‘banning the use of CO2 gas stunning of pigs, subject to a consultation’

AHDB estimated the margins per pig dropped in the final quarter of the year despite a fall in the cost of production

The new Animal Welfare Strategy for England was debated in parliament on Wednesday (January 22)

Defra and the Welsh Government have confirmed their intention to permit the feeding pig and poultry processed animal protein (PAP) for the first time since it was banned in the 1990s as a BSE control