Pig/Poultry
NPA weighing up legal action after 200 vegan activists storm pig farm
The National Pig Association has said it is seeking legal advice after around 200 vegan protestors targetted a Lincolnshire pig farm...
Pig/Poultry
Agri-Business
460 jobs at risk as Tulip weighs up closure of Lincolnshire plant
One of the UK’s meat processing companies, Tulip, has warned it may have to close its plant in Boston, Lincolnshire...
Pig/Poultry
Scottish pig industry unites to eradicate endemic disease
Scottish pig producers, vets, pharmaceutical companies, pig specialists and industry bodies are working together to try to develop a strategy...
Pig/Poultry
Poultry conference aims to bridge gap between research and farm
The National Farmers’ Union’s first Poultry Research Seminar has brought together poultry farmers and academics to ensure emerging research and...
Agri-Business
British egg industry warns food fraud fines are not strong enough
The British Egg Industry Council is calling for stronger deterrents for food fraud following the news that an egg trader...
Agri-Business
2 Sisters fined £274,000 after 2 workers lose fingers
One of the UK’s largest poultry processing businesses has been fined £274,000 after two workers became trapped in moving machinery...
Pig/Poultry
Prime pig prices follow seasonal trend
Farmgate prime pig prices are following their traditional seasonal decline, with producer prices dipping slightly since the start of the...
Agri-Business
Quality Meat Scotland launches 'Go Places with Pork' campaign
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new campaign to inspire and encourage Scottish consumers to try adventurous new pork...
Pig/Poultry
New calculators available to help permitted pig and poultry farmers
Pig and poultry farmers will soon be able to demonstrate compliance with new permitting rules, using two new, simple calculators,...
Pig/Poultry
Defra: Africian Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK
African Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK’s pig population, according to Government officials. The shocking admission...
Pig/Poultry
African Swine Fever: 85 pigs confirmed to have disease in Mongolia
Highly infectious and deadly porcine virus African Swine Fever has been detected in Mongolia. A laboratory confirmed 85 pigs had...
Pig/Poultry
New £2.5 million AHDB push to promote pork
AHDB’s £2.5 million Midweek Meal campaign will see health-focused adverts promoting pork appear during prime-time TV shows like Coronation Street,...
N.Ireland
NI pork producers invited to an evening with Red Tractor
The Ulster Farmers’ Union, along with Red Tractor, is putting together an open event to promote the scheme’s work in...
Beef
Treated imports could change shoppers minds on meat
Allowing imports of products like chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef in a post-Brexit trade deal could have a negative impact...
Pig/Poultry
British Lion eggs cracks marketing deal with swimming sensation
British Lion eggs is diving into a partnership with double World Champion and social media star Tom Daley as part...
Pig/Poultry
New ventilation system to help poultry welfare in hot weather
A prototype for a new poultry ventilation system created at Harper Adams University as part of a PhD project aims...
Agri-Business
Nuffield scholar urges farmers to consider viability without antibiotics
A Nuffield scholar with a specialism in the pork industry has urged policymakers to encourage ‘optimisation’ of antibiotics rather than...
Pig/Poultry
Scheme to help monitor pig health relaunched
Pig producers have been invited to join a scheme which will give them access to post-mortem pig health data to...
