Clayhanger Farm’s aggressive, targeted genetic selection has propelled their herd into the top 5% nationally for Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI). Farmer Andy Rutter explains more. Based in Cheshire, ...

The latest AHDB quarterly pork cost of production and margin estimations have been published for Q4 2024. These estimates use performance figures for breeding and finishing herds. They indicate that ...

Lately, upward movements in maize prices have been adding some support to the overall feed grain market. For the current 2024/25 marketing year the global maize balance is tighter. Production is lower ...

A belated happy new year to you all. I am writing this just as our first speakers have accepted their invitations to this year’s Pigs Tomorrow conference. And registration is officially open! We are ...

President Trump has announced that the USA will impose import tariffs on Mexico and Canada and increase those on Chinese goods. He has also said that tariffs on products from the EU would “definitely ...

On Saturday (1 February), President Trump moved ahead with his tariff plan, imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on China. The tariffs are being implemented due to trade ...

We hosted a series of calf pneumonia webinars in November featuring industry experts and farmers to help you learn how to prevent the disease, reduce costs and lessen the impact on your teams.

Castration is a routine husbandry procedure performed on some male lambs. It reduces the risk of unwanted pregnancies, meaning male and female lambs can be managed together. It can also reduce ...

This method involves removing the testicles using a scalpel or knife via an incision in the scrotum; during the process, the spermatic cords may or may not be cut or clamped. The British Veterinary ...

Where can this practice work? Leaving ram lambs entire can work in a variety of systems, provided the appropriate management procedures, infrastructure and land are available to manage ewes and entire ...

This practice uses both the rubber ring and clamp castration methods together. This reduces the long-term pain that lambs would usually feel from the rubber ring method –as the clamp crushes the ...

Aside from the five approved lamb castration methods described elsewhere, there are several other methods that are not approved for use in England: Immunocastration Chemical/hormonal castration ...