Three new cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in England over the weekend. Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 has been confirmed in a commercial duck…
Month: December 2020
Christine Tacon CBE has been appointed Chair of Assured Food Standards who operate the Red Tractor Assurance scheme. The former Groceries Code Adjudicator takes up the…
Aviagen has published new advice for broiler breeders and broiler growers on the control of coccidiosis. The two briefs entitled “Coccidiosis Control in Broiler Breeders with…
The government’s new import tariff regime will provide certainty for farmers by largely maintaining import tariffs at present levels, the NFU said after legislation implementing the…
Kelly Turkeys is setting up a drive-though turkey collection at its Essex farm, to ensure customers can collect their Christmas meat and adhere to coronavirus restrictions. …
In a letter to Secretary of State George Eustice, chief executives of some of the largest meat and chicken processors in the UK have sent a stark…
A warning to poultry farmers to ensure their disinfectants are active during the winter weather has been issued by a biosecurity expert in the face of…
A further case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in poultry in Derbyshire on 15 December. The H5N8 strain was confirmed in captive birds and…
More than 3,800 farmers are set to benefit from £21 million in productivity-boosting equipment from the third and final round of the government’s Countryside Productivity Small Grants…
Norfolk poultry integrator Banham Poultry is being investigated by the Environment Agency over ongoing odour issues from its processing plant in Attleborough. An Environment Agency spokesperson…