Content related to the topic: selection-and-carcase-classification

21 October 2020

Beef cattle: understanding the market

Knowing who your customers are and the product specifications they are looking for is essential to optimise your sale returns. Find out how to respond to your customers’ requirements.

17 February 2021

Marketing prime beef

Maximise your returns by selecting animals at the right time and to the right specification for the market.

19 March 2025

Feed price volatility in the pork sector

The biggest and most important single cost for pig producers is feed. Use this information to help mitigate feed price volatility.

23 July 2020

Killing-out percentage

Guidance on how to improve the killing-out percentage of your finished pigs

8 July 2025

Marketing returns from finished pigs

Guidance on how to improve marketing returns from finisher pigs.

24 October 2023

Uniformity in finished pigs

Guidance on how to reduce the variation in size between finisher pigs.

23 July 2020

Finishing pigs

Guidance on improving uniformity, marketing returns, and killing-out percentage.

8 May 2024

Feeding growing and finishing pigs

Guidance on the nutritional requirements of growing and finishing pigs

5 May 2020

Boar taint

Find out why boar taint can be an issue during the cooking or eating of pork or pork products.

16 March 2020

2018 pig cost of production in selected countries

This report examines the relative costs of pig meat production up to farmgate level in selected countries (data relates to 2018).

2 March 2021

2019 pig cost of production in selected countries

This report examines the relative costs of pig meat production up to farmgate level in selected countries (data relates to 2019).

4 March 2020

Abattoir post-mortem conditions guide

Disease conditions recorded at post-mortem inspection often lead to financial loss of the carcase value