News
1 - FIFTH QUARTER - PROFIT OR LOSS
2 - NEW EXPORT MARKET FOR PIG MEAT
3 - TWO TONNE TARGET FOR ENGLISH PIG PRODUCERS
4 - South West seeks Butcher of the Year
5 - Taste of the West is proud to announce their 17th annual food and drink awards
6 - BPEX GUIDE TO NEW STANDARDS FOR ‘MANIPULABLE MATERIAL’ FOR PIGS
7 - Funding for Graduate Interns
8 - Good News for the Food & Drink Industry in the South West
9 - Livestock and Greenhouse Gas Production
10 - PIG UNIT VENTILATION – EXPERT ADVICE FOR ALL PRODUCERS
A major conference is being organised aimed at improving environmentally friendly and profitable usage of the 'fifth quarter'
2 - NEW EXPORT MARKET FOR PIG MEAT
Pig producers now have an important new market as the Philippines has re-opened its market to the UK
3 - TWO TONNE TARGET FOR ENGLISH PIG PRODUCERS
Bpex have reported that English pig producers have a challenging new target, to achieve an industry average of 2,000kg of pig meat per sow per year by 2012
4 - South West seeks Butcher of the Year
The Cotswolds is searching for its Food and Drink heroes in the annual Cotswold Life Food and Drink Awards
5 - Taste of the West is proud to announce their 17th annual food and drink awards
These esteemed and widely acknowledged awards highlight excellence throughout the South West’s food and drink industry, giving businesses an opportunity to gain recognition
6 - BPEX GUIDE TO NEW STANDARDS FOR ‘MANIPULABLE MATERIAL’ FOR PIGS
Red Tractor Assurance Scheme standards for manipulable material for pigs have been changed and come into force this week on 1 April
7 - Funding for Graduate Interns
The Plymouth University Graduate Internship Programme matches employers with talented graduates seekin employment in Devon and Cornwall
8 - Good News for the Food & Drink Industry in the South West
South West Food and Drink (SWFD) have successfully secured £695,000 from the South West of England Regional Development Agency for a new programme on behalf of the region’s food and drink sector
9 - Livestock and Greenhouse Gas Production
The Rural Enterprise Gateway (REG) have reported on two documents that have recently been published which discuss the role of livestock and farming in the production of greenhouse gases
10 - PIG UNIT VENTILATION – EXPERT ADVICE FOR ALL PRODUCERS
Pig unit ventilation is under the spotlight in a new DVD from BPEX
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