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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.

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.

16 September 2025

We take stock of 2020 and look ahead to some of the key areas of work we will be focusing on over the next 12 months.

27 April 2021

Find out how to meet all of the conditions in the Export Health Certificate (EHC).

8 November 2023

Frequently asked questions about the 2022 AHDB Shape the Future vote

22 December 2021

Waste is any step in a process that does not add value to the customer. There are three types of waste in Lean management, Muda, Mura and Muri, and we explore them below.

2 September 2025

When the 5 Lean principles are combined into a company's processes and culture, they create Lean production, manufacturing, and operating systems. On this page, we dive into each of these in a bit more detail.