Flavian embracing the opportunity to meet the Farming Minister whereby discussions took place about New Entrants to agriculture & what can be done to attract more people to the industry. Flavian says: Along with including agriculture, food production & the environment to school curriculums, the government needs to ensure that farming is profitable. This can…

•TAIL BITING • A pig farmer’s worst nightmare, aside from making continous losses due to a messed up supply chain. We’ve not had an incident here since November 21 when I came back to Tile Barn. Bedding the pigs daily with fresh straw definitely helps us avoid this. I’ve tail docked before on different farms….

Yes, there is such a thing and we will see this defect from time to time and is commonly seen in piglets. It is due to two or more adjoining caudal vertebrae being fused. The cause seems to be due to a recessive gene factor. As the piglet matures you will notice that the end…

Piglet gut health benefits from citrus extract A Chinese study evaluated the efficacy of citrus extract as a substitute for antibiotics in piglet diets. The results indicate that citrus extract increased the concentrations of plasma essential amino acids, improved intestinal morphology and digestive enzymes activity. Those results were shared in a new publication in the…