Content related to the sectors: pork

31 August 2023

EU PiG – Use of slaughter data to develop dashboard system to improve pig herd health

Use of slaughter data to improve health outcomes

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Different feeds as zinc oxide alternatives

Kris Gios’ farrow-to-finish unit has trialled feeding herbs in piglet diets instead of including zinc oxide and has reduced production costs by 2.4%.

31 August 2023

EU PiG partners

Led by AHDB in the UK, the partners range from pig producer groups, to researchers and economic advisers – connecting pig producers with the latest science, husbandry techniques and technologies.

31 August 2023

EU PiG

EU PiG aims to raise the competitiveness of the European pig industry

24 April 2026

EU PiG – Grand Prix

The Grand Prix is an annual EU-wide contest, with more than 300 producers competing to become one of eight EU PiG Ambassadors.

24 October 2024

EU PiG – Health management

Sharing best practice on health management

2 April 2026

EU PiG – Adoption of biosecurity tool

Producer Eugene Sheehan from Ireland has reduced pig production costs per kg slaughter weight by 9.3% and lowered antibiotic use by 90%, having been the first to use a new biosecurity scoring tool, Biocheck.UGent®.

28 April 2026

EU PiG – Community management for pig farming

Irish producer Shane McAuliffe has opened his farms to the public, with a passion to better inform consumers about sustainable pig production.

24 April 2026

EU PiG – 5S Lean Programme to improve work efficiency

To improve farm work efficiency, a 5S lean programme was developed as an introduction to lean management.

31 August 2023

About EU PiG

Exchanging knowledge, sharing innovation

24 October 2024

EU PiG – Precision production

Browse the pig producer case studies and technical reports, which share best practice in Precision Production.

31 August 2023

EU pig prices: weakening demand lowering prices

Since peaking at the record high of 215.47p/kg in the penultimate week of July, EU pig reference prices have been in steady decline.