Outdoor pig units normally rotate on a two year cycle and are stocked at a rate of around 25 sows per hectare on suitable sandy free draining soils. Bury St Edmunds pig consultant Peter Crichton ...

Meat processor Pilgrim’s Europe is offering UK pig farmers new contracts for a period of 20 years. Agricultural director ...

The film features the management of an outdoor pig unit near Woodbridge where farmers David and Jill Robinson have teamed up with a range of organisations, including Catchment Sensitive Farming ...

The factory farming of pigs is organised animal abuse, writes Alastair Kenneil, and it imperils the environment and human health. But in the UK we have the choice to buy meat from pigs raised humanely ...

“Outdoor pig producers need a premium of 15p-20p/kg because of that higher COP but all producers need to see a fair return for stock and businesses to thrive,’’ he says. Pig farming options.

One of the main challenges of organic pig farming is to provide adequate and balanced nutrition for the pigs, using only organic feed ingredients.Organic pigs need a diet that meets their energy ...

The Welsh government and the European Union are investing £1.29m to support and develop the pig sector in Wales. With Wales only 5% self-sufficient in ...

Packington Pork comprises pig farming and rearing operations and specialises in the production of British free range and outdoor bred pigs, operating predominantly from a range of sites across ...

"So far, we have sold over 6,000 intelligent farming robots, including intelligent inspection robots and pig vending machines, to different regions across China, with a revenue of 200 million yuan ...