A firm running a controversial pig farm which has attracted hundreds of complaints over smell has been refused retrospective ...

Britain's immigration policies have caused a crisis in the pig sector while the government has failed to support domestic ...

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Meat giant Cranswick is to invest £40m over the next three years to improve farm practices after covert footage emerged which ...

Cranswick has announced a new £40 million investment and a six-point plan to raise animal welfare standards across its pig ...

Plans to modernise an East Yorkshire pig breeding site are among those currently under consideration by East Riding Council.

A landmark report by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) has called for widespread CO2 “stunning” of farmed pigs to be phased ...

Crews have been tackling a major farm fire where 450 pigs have died. Firefighters were called at just before 11pm last night ...

The answer is that it depends on the humans caring for them. Pigs are social, intelligent and affectionate animals. But they ...

What a refreshing change it was to have had all winter cereals in the ground, everything rolled and pre-emergence treatments ...

Pig farmers are being urged to tighten biosecurity after a sharp rise in cases of swine dysentery has raised concerns about disease control.