Poultry industry leaders in Germany are pressing the country’s food retailers and consumers to share drought-inspired feed cost rises by each paying producers more for chicken…
Month: August 2018
The cost of rural crime hit £44.5m in 2017, the highest for four years, according to rural insurer NFU Mutual. Up 13.4% on 2016 figures, last…
Farm incomes could face a sharp drop this autumn due to the summer drought, so it’s important for farmers to plan ahead to minimise the financial…
Harper Adams University remains one of the UK’s best universities for student satisfaction according to new figures from the Office for Students. The university, which is…
The European Commission (EC) has said that it is ‘standing by’ Europe’s farmers as they grapple with the difficulties of extreme droughts with an offer of…
NFU poultry member, Richard Pinfield, has been applauded by the union for giving birth to the ‘great idea’ which led to the production of Eggucation worksheets…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is to temporarily scale back and suspend certain activities ahead of its Brexit-based relocation to Amsterdam in March 2019. As a…
Visitors and exhibitors at the 2018 British Pig & Poultry Fair have voted the event as the ‘best yet’ with 98% of those surveyed saying they…
Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, has promised drought-stressed farmers to make sure they have what they need in order to provide the nation with high-quality food and…
Supermarket Morrisons is to bring back a ‘farm shop style’ pick-your-own local eggs stand in 200 of its stores across the country. Customers will be able…