
World News
'Spiderpig' born in South America as sow has piglet with 8 legs
A farmer in Argentina was shocked to discover that one of his sows had given birth to a deformed piglet...
World News
A farmer in Argentina was shocked to discover that one of his sows had given birth to a deformed piglet...
Pig/Poultry
Pigmeat consumption is on the rise in the European Union, with the average person consuming 40.9kg of pigmeat in 2015,...
Pig/Poultry
Plans are afoot in Russia to create a pig production cluster which is to have a capacity for 1.2m head...
Pig/Poultry
A leading pig farmer has slammed the €1m pig aid payment allocated to Irish pig farmers as ‘absymal’. It comes as...
Pig/Poultry
The reopening of the private storage aid scheme for pigmeat will be critical for further market support in the EU,...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president Ivor Ferguson has announced that he is to step away from pig production, in...
Pig/Poultry
A new ready-to-use combination vaccine to combat pig diseases, is being hailed by its manufacturer as the first of its...
Pig/Poultry
The drop in the Chinese pig herd will impact the entire global pork market from now and into 2016, according...
N.Ireland
Some 400 piglets and 32 sows have been killed in a fire on a Co. Tyrone farm, according to the...
N.Ireland
Some 400 piglets and 32 sows have been killed in a fire on a Co. Tyrone farm, according to the...
N.Ireland
Plans have been submitted for a new pig farm in Northern Ireland which could see over 40,000 pigs going through...
World News
These little piggys did not go to the market. Some 2,200 piglets escaped from the truck that was carrying them...
Pig/Poultry
A planning application has been submitted in the North to create a 23-acre pig farm which could house 30,000 pigs. If...
Pig/Poultry
Lysozyme, a naturally occurring antimicrobial enzyme, has been identified as a possible antibiotic alternative for use in the pig industry...