A group of pig farmers, who are members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), remain on the picket line in...
May 19, 2022
Teagasc has told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that the average 600-sow pig unit has lost €206,000 since...
April 22, 2022
Information has been sought in relation to a pig that was involved in a road traffic collision in Co. Down...
July 5, 2021
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has “strongly condemned” today’s announcement by pig factories of another 4c/kg price cut. IFA Pig...
November 13, 2020
Three more cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in wild boars in Germany. According to Reuters, the...
October 5, 2020
Farmers For Action (FFA) has been receiving complaints from pig farmers supplying Cranswick Country Foods at Cullybackey (Co. Antrim) in...
September 25, 2020
During Bord Bia’s Meat Marketing Seminar – which took place in Co. Kildare yesterday, January 10 – the Chinese market...
January 11, 2020
Farmers have expressed their dismay at the refusal of pig processors to increase Irish pig prices for yet another week....
March 9, 2018
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland has issued best-practice pig management tips – for...
May 4, 2017
This week at the New Hampshire in the US, a pig showed up at a polling station where voters were deciding...
February 10, 2016
Pig Processors are fully cognisant of the difficulties faced by Irish pig producers presently, according to Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the IBEC...
September 17, 2015
The drop in the Chinese pig herd will impact the entire global pork market from now and into 2016, according...
August 19, 2015
A new project being undertaken by Teagasc is looking to get pig and tillage farmers together to increase the use...
June 25, 2015
The global pork industry has been searching for stability during the first quarter of 2015, according to Rabobank’s latest Pork Quarterly...
May 7, 2015
There is scope to increase Irish farm gate pig prices by a further 8c/kg on the back of recent currency...
April 30, 2015
Stress makes pigs more likely to suffer from Porcine CircoVirus Associated Disease (PCVAD) symptoms, according to the results of a...
April 12, 2015
New EU food labelling rules have been extended to identify the EU Member State or third country of rearing and...
April 9, 2015
Strengthening pig prices on the continent may well help to stabilise farm gate returns in Ireland, according to Bord Bia...
February 23, 2015
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