Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Since the ban on the use of in-feed antibiotic growth promoters, gut health has been the focus of animal nutrition to improve performance and reduce the burden of enteric diseases
A number of different feed additives, pre, probiotics and synbiotics...
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
A wild boar has been found with African swine fever (ASF) for the first time in mainland Greece.
The female boar was found in the region of Sintiki, near the country’s border with Bulgaria, earlier this month.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
Global feed production remained steady in 2022 despite significant macroeconomic challenges that affected the entire supply chain, according to the Agri-Food Outlook 2023 published by Alltech.
According to the report, Europe bore the brunt of the impact...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The chair of the pig sector of Red Tractor, the UK’s largest food and farm standards scheme, has warned that UK farmers should take precautions against African Swine Fever (ASF).
Stewart Houston said that the “highly contagious and fatal...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/19/jacinda-ardern-resigns-as-prime-minister-of-new-zealand
Will the new NZ gov be more favourable to ag? What does this mean for NZ ag exports and our markets? Discuss.
Reducing the spread of disease helps maintain the health of your pig unit, reduces the costs of disease and maintains productivity.
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...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) has called on the government to address its “long-running failure” to introduce post-Brexit border controls on meat entering the UK.
The union said today (Thursday, January 12) that the lack of...
I would like others views on the reduction of Bps payments and the un fairness of this when Scottish farmers are seeing no change in their payments aswell as European countries. I am getting really annoyed at the lack of any union that is really standing up for us. The Nfu may as well be called...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The UK’s chief veterinary officer (CVO), Christine Middlemiss, has today (Tuesday, January 10) confirmed that there were five cases of Seneca Valley Virus (SVV) in pigs last year.
Disease was suspected in the pigs concerned between June and...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
A new report projects that China’s soybean imports will slow down and eventually decline through 2030 as a result of slower livestock production growth, continuous improvement in farming practices, and widespread adoption of a low-soymeal inclusion ratio...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The vice-chair of the National Pig Association (NPA), Hugh Crabtree, has said that “better times” lie ahead in 2023.
However, he added that it is unlikely until “late-spring”.
Crabtree said pig farmers and suppliers will have to be patient, as...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Pig Association (NPA) is seeking clarity on the regulations that would apply to UK pork exports should an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) occur.
The association is questioning whether the European Union’s (EU) regionalisation...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Recent days have seen the first consignment of frozen pig semen exported to China by the Co. Down-based genetics operation, Glenmarshal Sires.
The delivery of 12 monthly consignments will be completed during 2023. News of the export breakthrough comes...
Having a mare with fattening lambs dying 30 + so far they have been dipped wormed ovivac P Alvited and there still dying talking to guy at local ag merchants he’s telling me I’m not on my own and one chap was telling him he’s lost almost 200 .
We‘ve done our normal routine weaned from hill farm...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has organised a meeting for the Oxford pig club to help equip those working in the pig industry with biosecurity and disease prevention guidelines for African swine fever (ASF).
The ‘Keep...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
An annual report that examines the cost of pig meat production in 17 countries, including Ireland, has been published this week by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)
The Pig Cost of Production in Selected Countries report has been...
NFU specialists have answered questions on this technical subject, following the publication of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill.
Are there trade implications if the UK starts growing gene-edited crops and the EU doesn't? Could gene-edited crops be grown alongside conventional...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is leaving the UK “vulnerable to a major breakdown” of animal disease prevention measures, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said.
In a report published today (Wednesday...
Looking at both of these, similar age 6130r 2019, G135v 2020 and has a smig of warranty left. Both have self levelling loaders and front linkage, JD is 50k auto quad with 3000hr . Valtra 40k with 500rs, both have most of the bells and whistles and are almost identically priced. Any thoughts on...
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