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Growing soy is possible in European countries like the UK, but it remains the question whether it can be done in the volumes needed. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

09-09-2021 | News

UK pig sector: Search for alternative proteins

A grower pig enjoying its straw bedding on a farm applying the Xaletto concept in Germany. - Photo: Ronald Hissink

19-05-2021 | News

UK pig forum highlights air quality innovations

Pig prices will have to rise considerably to match the growth in feed prices. - Photo: Henk Riswick

17-05-2021 | News

UK pig industry discusses price, welfare challenges

What will be the long-term effects of Brexit on the UK pig industry? - Illustration: Esfera

12-05-2021 | News

UK pig industry calls for level playing field after Brexit

British pig expert John Gadd loved to write - not only was he a regular columnist for Pig Progress, he also kept an illustrated diary for decades. - Photo: Adam Gray

19-02-2021 | Article

John Gadd: Pig expert and avid storyteller

Around the world in 9 pig farms

21-12-2020 | Expert opinion

Around the world in 9 pig farms

A pig producer insulating part of the roof of his pig house. - Photo: Koos Groenewold

14-12-2020 | Article

6 On-farm environmental mitigation strategies

Little cabins in fields are characteristic for the UK s pig production. About 40% of the UK s sows are kept outdoors. - Photo: Henk Riswick

10-11-2020 | News

Report outlines post-Brexit perspectives for UK agriculture

Michael (left) and Ian Baker, owners of North Farm Livestock, photographed in 2019 when they became Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year in the UK.

21-08-2020 | Article

Farm visit: Outdoor UK farm faces both Brexit and Covid-19

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (orange) isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells (brown) cultured in the lab. Illustration: NIAID-RML

06-04-2020 | News

Pigs used to test potential vaccines to coronavirus