The Organic Research Centre (ORC) has announced the appointment of Nuffield Scholar Lucy MacLennan as its new chief executive. MacLennan brings over 25 years’ experience to…
Month: January 2020
Nominations can now be submitted by NFU members wishing to sit on the national poultry board and represent their sector and region. The remit of the…
A £2 million fund to support farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their property in the devastating floods in November has opened for applications. The Government…
Three new postgraduate courses that will each help agricultural and food production businesses to improve through analysis of appropriate data will commence at Harper Adams University…
Over 12,000 turkeys have been culled in Poland after an outbreak of high pathogenic avian influenza. The outbreak was reported to the World Organisation for Animal…
Nearly one in three foodborne outbreaks in the EU in 2018 were caused by Salmonella, according to newly pubished data. This is one of the main…
The poultry and pork processing business Cranswick has launched a new website, thisissecondnature.co.uk to publish articles about meat consumption and climate change. Cranswick said the Second…
Plasson Livestock, the poultry and game equipment manufacturer, has further strengthened its team with the appointment of a new business development manager, Richard Beevis. Beevis has a…
Low-paid workers will receive a 6.2% pay rise with a new National Living Wage (NLW) of £8.72 per hour, the biggest cash increase ever. Nearly three…
The president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Minette Batters has marked the new year urging the industry to re-energise to face the opportunties and challenges…