Pig/Poultry
Strong market all round would indicate pig price rise - IFA
It has been outlined that the home market for pork is “quite strong at the minute while the Chinese market...
Pig/Poultry
It has been outlined that the home market for pork is “quite strong at the minute while the Chinese market...
Pig/Poultry
On Saturday, June 29, a group of over 50 vegan protesters broke entry and trespassed on a pig farm in...
Pig/Poultry
A lorry load of pigs heading to a processing facility in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, has been targeted by a group...
Pig/Poultry
A farmer from Castleisland, Co.Kerry, has been chosen as an ‘EU Pig Ambassador’ after winning the ‘2019 EU PiG Grand...
Pig/Poultry
An announcement has been made by the Polish Chief Veterinary Officer today, Tuesday, June 4, about an outbreak of African swine...
Pig/Poultry
A Tipperary pig farming couple are all set for the start of a busy summer season during which they will...
Pig/Poultry
In Ireland, pig farmers are paid on a 76% kill-out basis and this figure has not changed over the last...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Pig Health Society (IPHS) is set to host its 50th anniversary symposium at the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise,...
Pig/Poultry
The biannual ‘Pigs R Us’ conference hosted by Parklands Veterinary Group returns to the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone...
Pig/Poultry
Elite Sires Ltd, in conjunction with DanBred, has announced it is hosting three information events that will be open for...
Pig/Poultry
The average pig price at the moment is €1.36 – €1.38/kg. Sows are making less than €0.50/kg. It would take...
Pig/Poultry
“We are all eating healthy now and pork is as healthy as you can get.” These were the sentiments expressed...
Pig/Poultry
A midlands pig farmer has frankly described the current price being paid to producers as “a race to the bottom”....
Rural Life
Cavan pig farmer Leanne Kiernan is shooting for the stars as the talented Bailieborough native has just penned a contract...
N.Ireland
Bigger litter sizes, better weaning rates and weights have helped the Northern Ireland pig industry ‘bounce back’. A combination of changes...
Pig/Poultry
According to the latest pig survey completed by the Department of Agriculture, 45% of total pig production in Ireland is...
Rural Life
The tenth episode in this series of Ear to the Ground will meet a pig farmer who powers his farm...
Pig/Poultry
A leading pig farmer has slammed the €1m pig aid payment allocated to Irish pig farmers as ‘absymal’. It comes as...