Content related to the sectors: pork

5 January 2022

Case study: Consolidate journeys to save time and money

Find out how a farmer saved over £1,300 per year by streamlining the mucking out and bedding up process.

5 January 2022

Case study: Optimise staff time at weaning

Find out about the simple changes a producer made to add value and increase efficiency.

5 January 2022

Case study: Save time strawing up on a farrow-to-finish pig unit

Find out how the simple hack of hanging a penknife from a bale trolley saved one farmer £90 per year.

22 February 2024

Lean management case studies in the pork sector

Here you’ll find real-life examples of how Lean techniques have improved profitability and performance across pig farms.

5 January 2022

Case study: Streamline feeding on a farrow-to-finish pig unit

Find out how investing in a barrow and scoop saved one farmer 365 hours per year in staff labour.

11 January 2022

Case study: Shadow boards save farmer over £1,000 per year

Find out how introducing shadow boards improved on-farm efficiency as well as team relationships in this case study

11 January 2022

Case study: Low-cost investment saves time in service tent

Find out how a simple extension cable improved efficiency and staff performance on an outdoor breeding unit.

19 August 2024

Case study: Capitalise on familiarity when moving and loading pigs

Find out how a simple change to the way pigs are moved and loaded saved over 40 hours over the course of a year.

23 December 2021

Pig prices stable in the latest week

In the week ending 11 December, the EU-spec SPP rose 0.01p to 141.82p/kg

21 December 2021

Danish pig numbers down, a little

According to provisional figures published by Statistics Denmark, the number of pigs recorded on 1 October totalled 13.21 million head.

29 April 2024

UK/Australia Free Trade Agreement is signed

What you need to know right now about the UK-Australia FTA

17 December 2021

Defra funding for improving farm productivity

Defra have announced that farmers in England will be able to access new funding in January. As part of the Farming Investment Fund they will be awarding grants to pay for capital investments to improve farm productivity.