By Charles Bourns, broiler grower and chair of poultry & eggs working group, Copa Cogeca This year I made my annual trip to EPIC, more to…
Month: December 2019
By Gary Ford, chief poultry advisor, NFU The Better Chicken Commitment has been a significant talking point in our sector over the past year and here…
Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health will become the exclusive distributor for Diamond V products in the UK and Ireland from 1 January. This follows the acquisition…
Following the victory of Boris Johnson’s Conservative’s in last week’s general elections, farming unions have urged the new government to work with the farming sector to…
The University of Reading is offering an online animal science course to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance in livestock production. The course, entitled ‘Contemporary Issues in…
Blackhead has emerged this autumn as a particularly worrying disease problem. So what should producers do and how can they best respond? By Kathryn Stewart BVM…
By Philippa Wiltshire, head of operations, Red Tractor It’s become almost commonplace, headlines warning people of the dangers of the widespread use of antibiotics. And it…
The NFU has committed to making agriculture net zero by 2040, ten years earlier than government targets. Deputy president Guy Smith is heading up the net…
During the colder months controlling red mite may not seem like a top priority, but all- year-round monitoring, especially in colony houses, is key to bird…
Boparan Holdings, the parent group of 2 Sisters Food Group, has reported first quarter like-for-like sales up 0.6% to £662.7 million. The firm said the results,…