AHDB is consulting with the pig trade on a evaluate of the All Pig Worth (APP) information collection and potential different information sources.
AHDB has been unable to report an APP since mid-January as a result of, it mentioned, ‘upcoming modifications out there construction imply the info supplied didn’t meet validation and publication thresholds’.
The APP reveals the typical value paid to producers in GB for clear pigs (Monday to Sunday), with a time lag of greater than per week, and incorporates each normal and non-standard pigs, so consists of RSPCA Assured outdoor-bred and -reared pigs.
Knowledge for the APP was equipped by six advertising teams, two of which, TVC and Scotlean, not too long ago introduced a merger, together with Scottish Pig Producers, to type the United Pig Cooperative. The opposite information suppliers for the APP have been Anglia High quality Meats, Ian Mosey (Livestock), Meadow High quality and Yorkshire Farmers.
“We’re persevering with to gather information from the pig advertising teams and can make an evaluation every week on whether or not a value could be reported. We’re consulting with the trade to evaluate the present APP information collection and potential different information sources,” an AHDB spokesman.
The APP is predicated on a unique information set to the Normal Pig Worth (SPP), which is calculated with weekly information supplied by abattoirs, and is unaffected by the modifications.
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the totally different UK value measures beneath:
