Victoria Shervington-Jones, a poultry farmer and businesswoman from St Brides, Newport, has been named as the NFU Cymru Woman Farmer of the Year at the Royal…
Month: July 2017
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the news that farmers will receive notification in the coming days as to whether they have been successful in their…
Discount supermarket Aldi has launched four new ready-to-cook meal kits, expanding its ‘Ready, Set, Cook!’ range to seven lines. Available in store from 27 July, the additions…
An article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has questioned the validity of currently accepted guidelines for completing a course of antibiotics, as prescribed. It suggests that…
A class of year nine students have been given a lesson in preparing chicken with the help of a York butchers and a poultry supplier from…
The NFU has said the high welfare standards and “whole supply chain approach” of British farmers must not be undercut by cheap imports produced to different rules. The…
The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee has published its report on Brexit: farm animal welfare. The report follows up on some themes identified and explored in…
NFU Cymru has teamed up with North Wales Police Rural Crime Team to launch a new rural crime manifesto at this year’s Royal Welsh Show. The…
The UK would back out of any trade deal that required it to accept lower standards, such as allowing imports of chlorinated chicken from the US,…
Avivets has launched a new multivitamin for game birds. AviGBT has been specifically formulated with the advice of avian nutritionists and game bird vets. “The multivitamin…