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Risk Management

Navigating Your Way Around a Futures Price Screen

News

Levy rates for 2020/21

The rate for the GB horticulture levy (including mushroom spawn) is the only change from the previous year. Sector Levy rates 2019/20 Levy rates 2020/21 Higher rate for...

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Feed Crisis Centre

Since June, sow cullings have increased consistently and slaughtering this week totalled 5,400 head. This was around 760 (16%) more than a year earlier. As...

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Is there gold in your dust?

Farm case study 25 - Cyclone dust collector https://www.bpex.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/25_Is_there_gold_in_your_dust.pdf Convert this PDF to Word, JPG, PowerPoint!

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Knowledge Transfer Bulletin 13: Alternative feeds for pigs

Pigs are naturally capable of eating and digesting a mixed diet and can use a much wider variety of nutrient sources than we normally...

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Knowledge transfer bulletin 12: Reduce feed waste

There are steps you can take to reduce the risk of damaging feed on-farm. If 5% of feed is damaged and lost to dust...

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Solving summer reproductive problems

Heat stress is caused when a pig's body temperature rises above certain limits, this can have a negative impact on reproductive performance. In these...

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Is there gold in your dust?

Farm case study 25 - Cyclone dust collector https://www.bpex.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/25_Is_there_gold_in_your_dust.pdf Convert this PDF to Word, JPG, PowerPoint!

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Solving summer reproductive problems

Heat stress is caused when a pig's body temperature rises above certain limits, this can have a negative impact on reproductive performance. In these...

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Gilt Management Pack

The gilt management pack provides a single source of advice on all aspects of gilt management, including nutrition, health, housing and reproductive performance. The...

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Research

Click on the headings below to read more about each project. Light Pig Syndrome: what causes it and how can it be overcome? The aim of...

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Solving autumn reproductive problems

Autumn can arrive and catch you unawares. Preparing for the conditions and problems that can occur at this time will help you minimise its...

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Resources

Key Performance Indicators The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section on the Market Intelligence area of the BPEX website has been completely revamped and updated. It...

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Key Performance Indicators Click here to visit the KPI section and click here to see KPI case study. Farrowing Pack - download here Gilt Management Pack - download here Solving summer reproductive problems A...

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Research Into Action 8: How to feed the weaned piglet

https://www.bpex.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Research_Into_Action_8_-_Supplementary_Liquid_Feeding.pdf Convert this PDF to Word, JPG, PowerPoint!

Risk Management

Navigating Your Way Around a Futures Price Screen

Guide to LIFFE feed wheat futures price reporting The UK LIFFE feed wheat futures market is operated by NYSE Euronext. Via the website (www.euronext.com). Users...

Risk Management

Risk Management in Action Futures Real Time

Futures Real Time This graph shows the performance of a futures hedge against the current open market price for wheat. The future purchase allows the...

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Glossary of Terminology

At-the-money option: An option with a strike price equal to the futures price at the time of purchase. For example, for a call option, if...

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Managing Risk using Futures

What are futures? Futures markets are derivative products. For grain they should be considered as the forward market, but in a formal and regulated environment....

Health

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Producer Charter in the East of England

Cut your cost of production SWINE DYSENTERY IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND In East Anglia swine dysentery is increasing and is now at its highest level...

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Cheale Meats Ltd

Cheale Meats Ltd – BPHS assessment dates July - December 2011 Day Assessment Date 2011 1 Wednesday 27 July 2 Thursday 8 September - date change 3 Monday 12 September 4 Wednesday 12 October 5 Thursday 27 October 6 Monday...

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Publications

SD protocols: Biosecurity advice for infected farms how to prevent spread of Swine Dysentery SD protocols: advice to anyone visiting swine dysentery positive...

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Participant Abattoirs and Assessment Days

Please click on an abattoir below for assessment days. DATE CANCELLED Cranswick Norfolk: Friday 26 August Abattoirs: July - December 2011 Tulip UK Ltd - Ashton - date change Tulip...