Nearly 700 participants are expected to attend the 85th annual meeting of the World Organisation of Animal Health (OIE), bringing together all the Member Countries, as well…
Month: May 2017
Walkers Sausage Co. has launched a new premium sausage brand called MOR, which includes several chicken variants. The MOR product range has been carefully crafted to…
Anew partnership is aiming to help ease the problem of poor broadband coverage, which is a problem for many poultry farmers. Agri-tech company PrognostiX is working in association…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is calling on politicians to ‘back farming’ as it launches its 2017 general election manifesto. UFU president Barclay Bell said, “Farming matters.…
By David Burrows Campylobacter figures are showing rapid improvement, with significantly reduced infection rates. So what’s the secret? The poultry sector could do with a shot…
Animal rights activists are stepping up their campaign against poultry farmers, with the NFU reporting a surge in break ins. How should the industry tackle this…
A new treatment for a common broiler disease has been launched by Dechra Veterinary Products. Phenocillin, a 800 mg/g powder for use in drinking water, has…
H5N8 avian flu has been confirmed in a backyard flock near Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire. The UK’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed H5N8 avian flu in a…
Sir Peter Kendall has lived his farming life in public, as president of the NFU and now as chair of AHDB. Now, as he embarks on…
Defra has confirmed the country’s eleventh case of H5N8 avian flu in a small backyard flock of chickens at a farm near Thornton, Wyre, Lancashire. A…