Pork

5 March 2021

Strong retail growth in meat and dairy sales this January.

1 March 2022

If you’re new to pig keeping, or are a small-scale producer, our Principles of pig production webinars are perfect for you. Discover our FAQ's, equipping you with information on breeding, weaning, finishing and growing.

25 February 2021

The latest Pig Cost of Production in Selected Countries report shows the cost of pig meat production in the UK decreased by 3% in 2019, to £1.42 per kg.

30 January 2026

Details of our pork team including knowledge exchange, market intelligence and market development.

20 March 2025

We have taken a major step towards ensuring accurate data is used to assess the environmental impact of ammonia emissions from pigs.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® demonstrated there are many solutions to improving overall gilt and sow retention but only when embedded across processes to produce marginal gains. What is needed is a how-to guide for getting from variation to standardisation.

26 January 2021

Gilt Watch® mentors have shown that controlling some of the processes around gilt selection, farrowing groups and nutrition by parity, substantial reductions in variation and performance can be achieved.

26 January 2021

6 June 2022

Discover our Gilt Watch® programme, designed to help pig producers make informed and efficient business decisions on gilt management.

25 January 2021

The Real Welfare project gathers standardised information on a mix of ‘iceberg indicators’ of health and welfare to provide a pragmatic, evidence based approach to assess welfare from an animal’s perspective.

25 January 2021

Data show that, on average, all the welfare outcomes measured through the Real Welfare scheme, bar one, have shown improvements since the scheme was introduced in 2013.

28 January 2021

More than 13 million pigs have been individually assessed by specially trained vets to provide a credible and benchmarked level of welfare.