Amazon has moved into the fresh food delivery market today with the launch of AmazonFresh to customers in 69 central and east London postcodes. The company…
Month: June 2016
A range of new measures to ease the pressure on Europe’s farmers has been put forward by the European Parliament’s centre-right EPP Group of MEPs, calling…
The winner of the iPad Mini offered in the Poultry News competition at this year’s British Pig & Poultry Fair is Kevin Ling, who’s based at…
Europe’s veterinary organisations want coccidiostats to be placed under “veterinary prescription” in a bid to extend the useful life of products, for the immediate future, while…
Sainsbury’s has reported a “solid start to the year” despite suffering a 0.8% reduction in like-for-like retail sales in the 12 weeks to June 4, a…
The European Commission (EC) has been urged to come up with improved proposals to combat unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, particularly addressing “fear…
Producers who are involved in slaughtering poultry on farm for commercial sale have been warned by the National Farmers Union (NFU) that they need to gain…
The animal health company, Alltech, has acquired Coppens International, a global aquatic feed solutions company based in the Netherlands. In becoming the 15th company which Alltech…
Live poultry imports have been “suspended” by the Hong Kong authorities as a preventative measure to control the spread of avian influenza (AI) in the country.…
Four key members of the family-owned German poultry company, Borgmeier, recently completed a fact-finding visit to Aviagen’s head office in the US. “In this industry, it…