The UK’s post-Brexit trade policies could bring great risks for some sectors and great rewards for other, and will almost certainly bring significant change for all,…
Month: October 2016
A new survey of UK shoppers has shown that 78% of those who buy free range eggs are happy to pay a premium for them. In…
A warning that EU poultry meat prices might continue to experience downward pressure in response to slowing domestic consumption, alongside supply competition from Brazil and the…
Labour concerns for the poultry industry, in the light of the UK’s Brexit decision, formed the core of the annual meeting address given by newly re-elected…
British Egg Week’s social media campaign of #PutanEggonit got off to a strong start yesterday with British Lion eggs claiming that “millennials are going share crazy”…
The major US chicken, pork and beef company, Tyson Foods, has taken a 5% ownership stake in the plant-based protein producer, Beyond Meat. The investment, placed…
The US poultry business, Perdue Foods, says it has become the “first major chicken company” to eliminate the routine use of all antibiotics. The company has…
The future of the TTIP, the free-trade talks between the US and the EU, has reached a point where the prospect of a deal is now…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is seeking livestock and farm export reassurances from the UK government concerning its post-Brexit land border with the Republic of Ireland,…
The UK is “light years ahead” of some countries in dealing with antibiotic use and resistance says the NFU’s animal health and welfare adviser, Rebecca Veale,…