Welcome to the DPDG

Our meetings run every second Thursday of the month from October through to March starting October 9th 2025.  If you would like to be added to the emailing list to be kept up to date with the group then please contact us on the above email address.

For full list of dates and details for the upcoming season please see the ‘programme’ tab.

You are more than welcome to bring along any staff members/colleagues to the meetings.

We are thankful to all our sponsors for their support of our group. 

If you wish to sponsor our 2025/2026  season then please contact the committee directly.

Welcome to Darlington Pig Discussion Group which has been running for over 55 years and has members from all around the North East.

We are an informal group who have six meetings a year and invite widely respected speakers from our industry to address our meetings.

Featured subjects may include: nutrition, veterinary issues, environment / housing and topical production issues.

It provides a chance to discuss potential improvements with other producers. Talking about successes and difficulties with like-minded people, who have many years of experience, is priceless. The group is open to questions and the resulting discussion can often go on well after the meeting has officially closed, helped by an excellent hot buffet.

Our meetings are run free of charge including hot buffet. We thank our sponsors for making this possible.

Matt Donald – Chairman