The biennial Cobb Europe technical seminar at Harderwijk, Netherlands, brought together more than 50 people from 20 countries for a week-long technical seminar covering breeder, broiler…
Month: August 2017
A £1.7 million fund opens today for groups of farmers and organisations to bid for cash for large scale environmental projects in their area. The third…
British Lion eggs is teaming up with leading London hotel The Goring to promote a series of egg recipes for British Egg Week, held on 9…
Defra has issued guidance for poultry keepers to spread awareness about heightened risk of further avian influenza outbreaks as the weather becomes cooler and wetter. New…
The NFU has announced it has bought leading agriculture energy consultancy FEC Energy. Currently FEC Energy provides help to farmers to buy and sell energy, generate…
Government should take advantage of the opportunity Brexit presents to create a regulatory environment for farming that is streamlined, grounded in science and respects realistic farm…
Labour has made a dramatic shift in its Brexit strategy, pledging to oppose any Conservative plan that would involve a sudden exit from the customs union…
Redevelopment of a large poultry farm in Wiltshire has been granted planning permission by the council despite a huge campaign by local people objecting to the…
Europe’s contaminated egg scare has cost Dutch poultry farmers at least 33 million euros ($39 million), according to a preliminary estimate by the government. The scare,…
Plans to relax restrictions on land use in Wales have been criticised by farmers, who are concerned extending how land can be used will affect the…