The poultry industry is being urged to examine strategies that focus on maximising feed utilisation, due to escalating cereal prices and volatile commodity markets, which are…
Month: May 2022
The Gressingham Group has announced the acquisition of third-generation business, Peter Thompson. The Peter Thompson Group, which has annual sales of over £44 million, is a…
Tesco said it has reaffirmed its commitment to UK egg farmers as challenging market conditions continue to affect the industry. The retailer has announced new five-year…
Avara Foods has confirmed that it is one of 15 companies, and the only poultry processor, participating in WRAP’s pilot for new carbon emission reporting protocols…
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has won concessions from the country’s biggest chicken meat processors to make some of their contracts with farmers fairer.…
US egg production has plummeted to a seven-year low during one of the worst-ever bird flu outbreaks, which will result in eggs getting even more expensive.…
Since Defra’s last outbreak assessment on May 10, 2022, there have been reports of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5 both in Europe and in the…
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) in force across Northern Ireland (NI) and the ban on poultry gatherings will…
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) said it has had a fantastic response to its recent media campaign, but it doesn’t stop there. Robert…
The National Farmers Union has warned farmers that supermarket shelves could be packed with cartons of Polish eggs as retailers turn to foreign suppliers in the…