Content related to the sectors: pork

18 February 2022

How to prevent bovine tuberculosis in pigs

Find out how bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is spread, why you should be concerned about it and what you can do to prevent infection.

11 September 2020

African swine fever (ASF) impact report

The EU trading situation with China has changed significantly over the past 18 months, in this report we address how this might affect our original analysis.

18 February 2022

Pleuritis in pigs

Formerly known as pleurisy, here's all you need to know about how the condition can affect your pigs

7 October 2025

Endemic disease in pigs

Understand more about common pig diseases such as PRRS, pleuritis, enzootic pneumonia, bTB and MMA

26 September 2025

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

All you need to know about PRRS, how the virus spreads and what impact it can have on the industry

11 March 2025

Teeth clipping/grinding guide

Find out how to clip/grind piglets' teeth and when it is appropriate to do so

10 August 2022

Pig meat market update

The August 2022 edition of our monthly UK Pig Meat Market Update is now available, providing the latest on prices, production, trade, the feed market and consumption.

18 September 2025

Food standards and trade deals

What rules on regulations mean for UK trade policy

4 June 2021

Milk supplementation using a milk line system

The objective of this project was to establish the benefits of the milk line system in a controlled scientific environment and provide producers with information of how it is best utilised.

4 June 2021

PigSAFE: Re-designing the farrowing environment from first principles to optimise animal welfare and economic performance

PigSAFE (Piglet and Sow Alternative Farrowing Environment) is free farrowing system developed in a Defra-funded project

20 December 2023

Economic and welfare impact of lameness in sows in UK

In this study the prevalence of lameness in sows was estimated from 113 English pig breeding units and different risk factors associated with the occurrence of lameness were examined.

4 June 2021

Soil stabilisation for reduced cost slurry storage

The aim of this project was to investigate the potential of soil stabilisation techniques to increase the range of soils which could be suitable for construction of slurry storage lagoons.