Nest box manufacturers and genetics companies are being urged by McDonald’s UK to consider the issue of hen smothering in future product designs and breed development.…
Month: September 2016
The fact that farmers appear to be in the hands of “potentially unsympathetic politicians” is a concern says Yorkshire producer, Chris Roach, commenting after attending the…
RSPCA Assured has given 14-year-old Lucy Gavaghan her first experience of what a commercial farm is like, following on from the success of her online campaign…
Legislation needs to be introduced at EU level to combat unfair practices in the food chain says Copa & Cogeca, the European farmers and farm cooperatives organisations. Speaking ahead of today’s informal meeting of EU farm ministers in Bratislava, Copa &…
Red Tractor is launching its biggest ever promotion to coincide with the start of Red Tractor Week on Monday next week, September 12. Fronted by farmer…
NFU leaders are due to meet the UK’s Brexit ministers, David Davis and Dr Liam Fox, over the next few weeks, with union president, Meurig Raymond,…
Preparing grain growers and feed users for what life will be like in the UK’s post-referendum agricultural world, will be the dominant theme of next month’s…
Farm poultry manure has a value of £100 a tonne when used for energy generation, versus £10 a tonne if sold off farm as a fertiliser,…
The latest consumer tracker results from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) include a mix of good and not so good news for the poultry…
Researchers at the University of Iowa (UI) have started work on a gasification project which they hope will enable farmers to kill the avian flu virus…