The UFU’s Chief Executive Wesley Aston used his appearance in front of a committee of the House of Lords this week to highlight both the challenges…
Month: February 2017
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association is delighted and relieved at the prospect of an end to the three-month avian influenza housing order. But it…
A conference about the science of egg and poultry quality is to be held in Edinburgh in September. EggMeat 2017 is being hosted by the UK…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has launched a photographic competition, open to all its members. This is part of the plans for the UFU to celebrate its…
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 29 January 2017, show Aldi is now Britain’s fifth largest…
British retailers have been asked to continue supporting poultry farmers – whose birds have been housed to protect them from bird flu – as the EU…
The NFU has sent its congratulations to the new officeholder team at NFU Scotland following elections at its AGM. Andrew McCornick from Dumfries has been elected…
A group of employees from Moy Park took on BBC’s popular quiz programme Eggheads recently to raise money for the company’s charity partner, Farm Africa. The…
The 2017 Countryside Stewardship Hedgerows and Boundaries Grant Scheme is now open for applications. The Natural England scheme will provide capital grants of up to £5,000…
Groupe Grimaud subsidiary Hubbard has reported the results of using scanners to better select breeding poultry. The firm, which supplies day-old broiler breeding stock to farmers…