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UK ag college to use facial recognition technology to gauge pigs' emotions
A UK agricultural college is set to use state-of-the-art facial recognition technology in an attempt to detect different emotional states...
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Strong start to 2019 for UK pig meat exports
UK pig meat exports have got off to a flying start to 2019, fuelled by more than £16 million in...
Pig/Poultry
NPA weighing up legal action after 200 vegan activists storm pig farm
The National Pig Association has said it is seeking legal advice after around 200 vegan protestors targetted a Lincolnshire pig farm...
Pig/Poultry
Scottish pig industry unites to eradicate endemic disease
Scottish pig producers, vets, pharmaceutical companies, pig specialists and industry bodies are working together to try to develop a strategy...
Pig/Poultry
Prime pig prices follow seasonal trend
Farmgate prime pig prices are following their traditional seasonal decline, with producer prices dipping slightly since the start of the...
Pig/Poultry
New calculators available to help permitted pig and poultry farmers
Pig and poultry farmers will soon be able to demonstrate compliance with new permitting rules, using two new, simple calculators,...
Pig/Poultry
African Swine Fever: 85 pigs confirmed to have disease in Mongolia
Highly infectious and deadly porcine virus African Swine Fever has been detected in Mongolia. A laboratory confirmed 85 pigs had...
Pig/Poultry
Scheme to help monitor pig health relaunched
Pig producers have been invited to join a scheme which will give them access to post-mortem pig health data to...
Pig/Poultry
Report shows 8% increase in cost of UK pig meat production
The costs of pig meat production in rose 17 European countries during 2017 according to a new report produced by...
Agri-Business
EU PiG Grand Prix now open for applications
The 2019 European Pig Innovation (EU PiG) Grand Prix is now open for entries, and all pig producers across the...
Pig/Poultry
Important pig buildings survey to shape future producer support
AHDB has engaged BMG Research to conduct an in-depth survey of British pig buildings. The survey has been commissioned to...
Pig/Poultry
European pig prices down 7% as global factors rock the market
The current state of the pig meat market highlighted in the latest market commentary from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) shows...
Pig/Poultry
Roadshows to share new solutions for pig farmers to balance antibiotic use
Pig producers are invited to attend one of four roadshows looking at practical solutions to manage antibiotic use and maintain...
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NI farmer banned from keeping animals for life after mistreating pigs
A Co. Antrim farmer was today banned from keeping animals and sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for four years...
Pig/Poultry
Over 34,500 pigs culled in China in the past week due to ASF outbreaks
Over 34,500 pigs have been killed and disposed of in China in the past week due to seven individual outbreaks...
Pig/Poultry
African swine fever outbreak kills 72 pigs in China – report
A total of 72 pigs have purportedly died in another outbreak of African swine fever in China, according to reports....
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London charity farm launches appeal for 11 stolen piglets
A miniature working farm based on the banks of the Thames has launched an appeal for the safe return of 11...
Pig/Poultry
ASF: British pig industry braces for the worst
The UK’s pig industry is making preparations for “the worst” in light of news that African Swine Fever (ASF) has...
