The poultry industry has made significant steps forward over the last few decades, with closer attention to detail allowing improved bird performance, health and welfare. However,…
Month: June 2020
The NFU is supporting an influential grouping of cross-party MPs and Lords in calling on government to support changes to the Agriculture Bill. The All-Party Parliamentary…
Despite increased demand, the egg sector has been hit hard by coronavirus Last year, many egg producers were concerned about the egg market being oversupplied. Prices…
The UK and US governments started negotiating a UK-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in May. The International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and the US trade representative…
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The Red Tractor scheme is launching a new Enhanced Welfare standard for chicken. The chicken grown under this standard will be labelled with a purple label…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has reminded members and anyone visiting or working on farms of the importance of physically distancing from others when they are…
As Scotland enters the first phase in easing lockdown restrictions, egg and poultry producers are beginning to reset, restart and recover from a very healthy position,…
The food supply chain is being scrutinised by MPs to try and identify the weak spots and come up with ways to make it more resilient.…