Biosecurity is the set of practical measures taken to limit the spread of infectious diseases, both within a farm and from one farm to another, or from elsewhere, e.g. the abattoir. Ensuring good ...

High cull rates in UK sows are costing producers large sums of money. Losing a sow prior to parity 3 and retaining less productive animals past parity 5 are all contributing to an inefficiency in ...

AHDB's Economics and Analysis Director, David Eudall, examines the stories behind the numbers from the world of agriculture. As agri-food markets become more uncertain, driven by changing weather, ...

Most farming businesses know they need to talk about tough issues; they just don’t know how or where to get started. In October 2024, we held a series of workshops to help farmers bring the people in ...

Our sector councils have identified key 'priorities' which they think are important to pork farmers and processors. The priorities are shown below with blue headings and marked A, B, C…. Each priority ...

ASF is well-established within parts of Europe, Russia and China, with a reservoir of infection in the wild boar population. Focus must be on ensuring ASF does not spread further. We urge all pig ...

To book your place(s), please complete and return a training application form. If the session(s) are full at the time of booking, you will be added to a waiting list. We will review the demand on an ...

Confirmed case of swine dysentery: a positive laboratory diagnosis by culture and/or PCR of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae in the presence of clinical signs of diarrhoea in the pigs. Swine dysentery ...

InterPIG, an international group of economists, gathers together physical and financial data to a standard methodology so that the cost of pig production can be compared across a selected group of ...

Biosecurity isn’t exciting but anyone and anything can walk disease in and out of your unit so it’s our best defence. This is a checklist to remind yourself and your team of the simple things which ...

The David Black Award has been honouring exceptional contributions to the pig industry for over 60 years. Inspired by the East Anglian pig farmer of the same name, this prestigious accolade is awarded ...