Pig

Hopes are high that findings of a new genomic study could pave the way for action to save the rare native Lop pig breed.

A project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), will look at whether the social competence of pigs and their welfare can be improved through management and breeding.

It comes as pig producers have endured more than a year of negative margins.

It comes as pig producers have endured more than a year of negative margins.

Kenyan-born Flavian came into farming almost by accident.

Fodder beet could be an attractive alternative to costly bought-in feeds, says Mark Snell who grows the crop to use for his own livestock business and also to sell to other farmers.

Defra’s plan to help ease the pig backlog must be turned into reality without delay to provide ‘desperate farmers with some hope of a viable future’.

Browns chief executive Wayne Godfrey said the acquisition demonstrated its commitment to a sustainable Scottish pig industry

The Government has confirmed an agreement has been reached to secure supplies of CO2 gas for the food industry

Pig farmers around the world were facing the same issues seen here in the UK. By Bruce Jobson