Advances in pig genetics are rapidly changing breeding and herd management. With digital phenotyping and artificial ...

Rebecca Gladwin’s family is one of an increasing number adding a “bed and breakfast” pig finishing enterprise to their business. It has minimal risk, improves cashflow with regular payments to ...

UK pork processor Cranswick has acquired pig rearer East Anglian Pigs. Cranswick chief executive Adam Couch says pig production will form an "important" part of the group's operations going forward ...

Rising threat of diseases, such as the African Swine Fever, are a key motivator towards concerted efforts to safeguard a country’s production base. In St Lucia, the government is working towards ...

In an age when sows become increasingly more prolific, standing sow nutrition and production need to be re-evaluated ...

A recent scientific review describes how tail docking causes some pain to 100% of the pigs, and reduces the risk of tail biting (approximately 2-fold, based on available abattoir data). Even though ...

An owner of a hog farm in Qiongjie county, Shannan, Tibet autonomous region, vaccinates a piglet on April 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua Despite the fallout from the pandemic that disrupted pig production and ...

Over 180 pig producers and industry stakeholders attended the event over the two days. Pictured at the Teagasc pig open day this week in Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co Cork were: Sarah Hanley, IFA; ...

Pollution from the pig and poultry farming sectors is harming the environment, a report has warned. The findings from the report from the Wildlife Trusts into the environmental impact of the sectors ...