Irish pig farmers have gone from bust to boom in a few months.

IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Tom Hogan has called for all farmers to be paid at least €1.90/kg, after the main pig processors left their official quotes unchanged for this week at €1.84-1.86/kg.

Disease-free Irish pigs could become very valuable, if African swine fever continues to spread globally, writes Stephen Cadogan.

Caroline Rigney tells Valerie O’Connor about how she and husband Joe moved to a farm to make highly-prized pork products from rare-breed pigs.

IFA National Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty said continental demand has helped push prices ahead again this week.

A recent three-and-a-half year Teagasc pig research project showed relatively low prevalence of salmonella in feed on farms, and in feed ingredients and compound feed sampled at feed mills.

Superbugs have been discovered, which no known antibiotics can treat.

The earliest evidence of life in Scotland has been found — by a herd of pigs.

Researchers in New Zealand secured live pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head with a pistol as part of a study into blood-spatter patterns.

A litter of rare Tamworth piglets have become an internet sensation after starring in a live webcam.

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that killed thousands of pigs at a farm in the North.

PIG prices are increased by 4c/kg this week; they now range from 130 to 134 cent/kg. Supplies remain tight for all southern plants.

IRISH pig producers were disappointed this week when prices increased by 3c/kg in Dawn and Galtee, and only 2c/kg in Glanbia, despite a significantly stronger market across the EU.