British Lion eggs has welcomed the recommendations of a report highlighting “significant” food quality risks from the import of certain food products, including eggs, from Europe…
Month: July 2022
Poultry could be bred to resist damaging viral infections, following a study of genes linked to chicken immunity. A study of different types of chickens –…
Around 5,300 detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus were reported in poultry, captive and wild birds in 36 EU/EEA countries and the UK during…
The UK’s biggest egg business, Noble Foods, has reported a loss of £30.3 million after tax in the year ending 1 October 2021, in its latest…
The seasonal worker visa scheme for poultry has been confirmed until 2024, following efforts by the NFU to engage with Defra and the Home Office. On…
Europe’s largest hatchery – Verbeek, in Zeewold in the Netherlands – is to install a second machine for detecting the sex of chicks before they hatch.…
Poultry specialist, Gressingham Foods, has announced a new summer in-store marketing promotion across its fresh ranges. The new on-pack promotion will feature on 350,000 packs of…
By Charles Bourns, broiler producer, Gloucestershire This month has gone really quickly and I have had the enjoyable task of talking to farmers and businesses that…
Six Members of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) have successfully challenged the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on the lack of transparency on the calculation…
ForFarmers and 2Agriculture have come to an agreement to merge their businesses into a joint venture in the UK. The joint venture will have an expected…