Why are UK pigs different? 🤔 well we have a huge variety of systems and consumer choice, which is pretty unique, plus welfare is very important 👍 #biteintobritish BiteintoBritish NPA Pig World Duncan Berkshire

Wait, there are people out there who tip milk when it still smells ok due to the 'use by' date?? I suppose those are the same people who bin cheese rather than cut the mouldy bit off and keep going ...

Spent my lunch break doing some 'proper work' today. Hoofing more than a tonne of this stuff onto my allotment plot was pretty heavy going - I'll feel it in the morning!

It is #WomenInScience day today. I started off wanting to be a dancing toadstool in Fantasia and eventually decided animal biology was more my style. I regret nothing. Opportunities for a freelance dancing toadstool really aren't what they once were anywhere ...

Sitting the other side of the pig club fence - first time for everything! Ready to hear all sorts of interesting things about life without Zinc.

Time to do some learning - BSAS hybrid conference. Lots of interesting discussion around meat and dairy in the human diet, one health and sustainability. I look forward to what tomorrow brings!

Last time I attended Pig&Poultry in person I left with a job interview ... this time I am on the hunt for a squidgy chicken to join my army of squidgy pigs! Gold star to anyone who can point me in the right direction 👍

Is this really necessary? LinkedIn mate, not Tinder! Suggest a witty and creative reply, I'll pick a good'un, run with it and post the response ....

Anyone else heading over to this tomorrow? I'll be floating around and looking for lunch buddies 👍

I didn't attend a party. And if I did attend, no rules were broken. And if rules were broken, it was not a big deal as we were technically in a bubble. And if it is a big deal, that is not my fault as I thought it was a work event. And if it is my fault, I didn't mean it .... 🤨

Bracing myself for airport queues again. Heading to VIV (Utrecht) tomorrow - anyone else braving travel through Schiphol this week?

Lots of fun running around VIV today. Nice to see some familiar faces and there have been plenty of introductions to businesses I haven't crossed paths with previously - a day well spent!

Thoroughly enjoyed visiting the @NatPigCentre with the Trouw Monogastric team yesterday. Thanks to CIEL for facilitating - it was a great visit. Sadly no pics so you'll have to take my word for it that the centre itself is awesome!! CIELivestock Helen Brookes

And back to Schiphol I go. This time for a fun filled factory tour, a visit to the Trouw swine research centre and training with the global team 👍

29°C ... yes Netherlands, that is the motivation I need to keep going this week! The air conditioning in MasterLab, Boxmere was very appreciated this afternoon and I learnt a bit about mycotoxins to boot 👍

It is wonderfully Dutch here - a good location for HQ!

Until next time Amersfort. Another day, another 4hour queue to get through Schiphol ... carnage!

My gorgeous old boy had a stroke a few days ago. He has bounced back remarkably well but this is the warning signal that we are in the final chapter of our story together. Give your fuzzies an extra cuddle tonight - they are all very good boys and girls and deserve to know it!

Age catches us all eventually. We fixed each other old bones. Soul dog. Good boy. Squeeze your fluffs all. Do it for my gorgeous old git who loved before judgement and faced every challenge as a game to cheerfully overcome. Sleep buddy. Sleep and be at peace. Forever loved.

New footstall ... I regret nothing.