Dutch consumers are showing signs of expanding their range of chicken-meat choices, moving away from their traditional 65% focus on breast meat towards other items, such…
Month: August 2016
Scotland’s farmers and meat processors have called on the UK government to provide assurances on the future residency status of non-UK workers employed in the country’s…
Zoetis has strengthened its poultry team in the UK and Ireland with the appointment of Kaska Talpa as poultry field services manager. Joining the company with…
Agriculture has not yet caught up with the digital revolution, farming leaders and scientists were told in Belfast yesterday by European farm commissioner, Phil Hogan. Addressing…
A promised UK taskforce to help develop “meaningful targets” to replace, reduce and refine antibiotic use in each agricultural sector is set to begin work next…
The poultry industry in the US has been alerted to the renewed risk of exposure to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) H5H2 after the strain…
The European feed business, ForFarmers, achieved a 2.9% growth in feed sales in the first half of 2016, reaching a total of 4.6 million tonnes, despite…
Post-Brexit labour concerns, already highlighted by the NFU as a major issue for the poultry industry, are addressed in a new advice note from global accountants,…
A free-to-use Scottish food crime hotline has been launched by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and Crimestoppers to help combat the UK’s £1.2bn food fraud problem. “Consumers…
The 10th anniversary Poultry Trainee Award, backed by Zoetis and the British Poultry Council (BPC), is now open for entries, with £2500 in training and cash…