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Pigs - Recent News
All press releases from Farming Futures are listed below. Please get in touch with us if you have a media enquiry. We can put you in touch with industry experts, provide farmer case studies across England, and give comment and opinion on stories.
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Pigs - Factsheets
This factsheet provides an introduction to some of the issues that are going to be a significant...
More information on the opportunities and challenges presented by climate change.
General adaptations for farmers and growers.Pigs
Did you know that 45% of pig farmers say 
they are experiencing the effects of climate change now?
We’ve listed the fact sheets and case studies we feel would be most relevant to your work below. You can see a full list of our resources here and it may also be useful for you to use our Interactive UK map to get up to date information and advice for your region.
'Pigs and the Environment' is a report comissioned by BPEX to investigate how the English pig industry can tackle the climate change challenge in the most effective way.
A massive 63% of pig farmers report that they are doing something to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their farm.
Are you part of the growing community that’s taking action?
Pigs - Blogs
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Mon, 26/09/2011 - 12:380 commentsSo, it’s happened. Farming Futures, like the iconic friendly local corner shop, is “under new management”. OK, so you’ve just got used to it as a handy place to find a wealth of helpful information, chat about new ideas,...
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Wed, 24/08/2011 - 12:360 commentsResearchers at the University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policy Research Unit are studying how community energy can spread and grow and are looking for groups to take part in an online survey of community energy projects. The results...
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Tue, 23/08/2011 - 13:150 commentsDefra has published a plan to create better habitats and join up the homes of some of England’s most iconic wildlife. ‘Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services’ aims to halt the loss of...
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Tue, 23/08/2011 - 12:520 commentsDefra has published a plan to create better habitats and join up the homes of some of England’s most iconic wildlife. ‘Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services’ aims to halt the loss of...
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Wed, 15/06/2011 - 13:570 commentsFarming Futures enters a new phase this month. As you know, we were looking for a new host after our five-year Defra funding came to a close. So we're very pleased to announce that the project has a new home! The Centre of Excellence for UK Farming...
Pigs - Case Studies
Stephen Frankel specialises in producing meat from high-husbandry rare breeds on his farm Carhart Mill near Wadebridge, Cornwall. An advocate of the...
Andrew Ingram, a farmer from Oxfordshire, installed one of the first on-farm solar PV systems in England. Importantly he was one of the first of a...
Julian Hasler, grows Wheat, OSR and spring barley and also raises outdoor pigs at his farm in Gloucestershire. He recognises that water...