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- I am producing some costings for a farmer to cover his lagoon, and find your document looking at the practicalities of different types of cover very useful. I was wondering whether you have any average costs available for each option, or know a source of such information that you could send to me?
- I was wondering what is the meat to carcass ratio for an average pig. I am looking at how much lard, meat and skin one gets from a pig, of a certain carcass weight as well as for other animals.
- I would like to know more about acid in feed after reading an article in Pig World
- Can you tell me where I can source 50 to 60 x 5-6 kg pork legs weekly, to make a Hampshire cooked ham?
- I run a 2600 place straw based nursery unit in close proximity to a number of residential properties. Please could you advise on best practice to control flies?
- Some Birmingham City Council schools are working towards the Food for Life standard. This standard states that all meat must be Farm Assured. It has been questioned that the BPEX mark does not guarantee the meat comes from a farm that has been independently verified as operating to the production standards of a voluntary assurance scheme such as the Assured British Pigs scheme. Please can you confirm if this is correct.
- Until recently a vegetarian, I have decided to start eating meat if it meets high animal welfare standards - only eating products from pigs if they are outdoor bred and reared. Can you please tell me whether the British Meat Quality Standard for bacon,pork and sausages requires pigs to be outdoor bred and reared?
- I have noted recent media airings of the definitional issue of Free Range for pork, and BPEX's stated position of wanting industry guidance in the absence of statutory definition. Are you able to update me on the latest situation and point me to any non-statutory definitions for Free Range pork (as well as for Freedom Food Pork)?
- My abattoir has told me that I need a Food Chain Information form in adition to the usual Movement Licence, are you able to email one to me or tell me where I can download one?
- Why has the Holderness area in East Yorkshire been hit so hard, with very few pig farms now left?
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