Oxford Sandy Black Pig Group PigCast

Tune in as Andrew O'Shea interviews Mike and Jayne Carter (2022 OSBPG Pork Producer Award Winners) of Ryecroft Rare Breeds about their journey into setting up their own butchery to support their business and provide a service to local meat producers.

Tune in as Kim Brook reflects back on the vast array of achievements of the Oxford Sandy Black Pig Foundation Charity, its Supporter, friends and Advocates.

Tune in for the regular updates and the replay of our recent talk "Around the world with ASF in 7 questions" with Vincent ter Beek. Vincent, Editor of Pig Progress and leading expert in ASF talks to us about the 7 key questions people are asking about ASF

You can view the slides for this event here

Tune in for the regular updates and the replay of our recent talk: Nicola Gumery and Lauren Dimmack (AHDB): eAML Update and Pig Transport Regulations, as they give us an update from Nicola on the eAML process etc, and Lauren talks to us about the pig transport regulations and registration.

View Slides Here

Tune in for the replay of the Dom Charman event where he talks about

• Factors affecting meat quality on-farm and in the abattoir.
• The general slaughter process.
• Traceability.
• Slaughter impacts on meat quality.
• FSA rules and regs on setting up and operating your own butchery.

Kim visits Scrubditch Care Farm and Talks to Emma Costley-White about the OSB and therapeutic farm-based activities for adults and young people with  learning difficulties, challenging behaviour, and mental health problems.

Tune for the latest news from the charity, and we replay our March event on Sow Nutrition for Pregnancy, Farrowing, and Weaning with Victoria Phillips Bsc Msc. Victoria has worked in the animal feed industry for over 20 years.  Her qualifications and experience in all aspects  of feed production make her a leading advisor in nutrition, feed safety, and mill production to feed businesses and farmers.

You can view the slides for Victoria's presentation here

In this episode, we hear the reply of the pig nutrition event we held in May 2021 where we were very lucky to have Victoria Philips (leading Pig Nutritionist) talk to us about feeding our pigs for efficiency, plus there's our regular news update with some info on our farrowing stats.

You can download the slides for Victoria presentation here 

In this episode we replay the AI talk with Lucia Gregson,a well-attended event with lots of great info on AI and pigs. Plus the usual news.

A replay of the charity event where we invited Emily Boyce from AHDB, who is one of their Pork Knowledge Exchange managers, to find out more about AHDB pork and how they help small scale producers like us. Plus regular news spot