By Rachael Porter Being crowned Egg Packer of the Year in the 2018 Poultry Business National Egg & Poultry Awards was a huge, but welcome, surprise,…
Month: February 2019
By Matt Donald, farmer, Donald Pig & Poultry, Yorkshire With the New Year well underway, it’s a chance to look forward and plan what can be…
NFU President Minette Batters has said the Government needs to convene a new commission of food and farming experts to establish the principles that will ensure Government…
By Richard Griffiths, chief executive, British Poultry Council It’s time to decide if Brexit is worth it. The Prime Minister managed to coalesce the two extremes…
Moy Park has been fined after a yardman was seriously injured after being struck by a forklift truck. Derby Crown Court heard how, on 24 January…
Robots, vertical farms and virtual fencing could soon be the farming of the future, according to a new trailblazing report from the NFU that has taken…
The UK imports vast quantities of soybean for poultry feed. But now there’s a push to grow it closer to home. By David Burrows Soybean is…
Thousands of farmers flocked to Energy and Rural Business Show this month to explore diversification options to keep their businesses viable, and ‘future-proof’ against rising uncertainty.…
Getting back to business after a disease outbreak is never easy. But government and the poultry sector have come together to advise farmers how best to…
By Charles Bourns, poultry farmer and chair of Copa Cogeca’s poultry meat and eggs working party The season of meetings has been upon us after the…