British egg sales are enjoying the sector’s strongest period of growth since the end of rationing in the 1950s, according to British Egg Industry Council. Quoting…
Month: November 2016
A newly published antimicrobial resistance (AMR) report covering raw retail meat and poultry in the USA shows “a number of important and positive trends” according to…
Early retirement due to fears over Brexit is being considered by 20% of Scottish farmers according to a survey carried out by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).…
The potential to add a bit more retail “drama” to marketing eggs has been highlighted by NFU poultry adviser, Aimee Mahony, alongside challenging everyone from producers to…
The global insect farming business, AgriProtein, has secured $17.5 million (£14m) to fund a production expansion into Europe, North & South America and Asia. The company…
Constructive and robust discussions over Britain’s post-Brexit position on farming have taken place between NFU President, Meurig Raymond, and Defra Secretary, Andrea Leadsom. In addition, a…
Animal feed developers who think they have a “breakthrough innovation” which just cannot wait, have been invited by the global feed firm, Nutreco, to take advantage…
The global feed firm, ForFarmers, has put research and development at the core of a new layer feed concept called VITAFOCUS, which is designed to support…
The European Commission (EC) is to hand back the €435 million (£371m) it levied from farmers last year to increase its crisis reserve fund at the…
Welsh poultry producers have been urged to follow good biosecurity practices to minimise contact with wild birds and to be vigilant for signs of Avian Influenza…