Farmers have been urged to check they are complying with the new minimum wage, as employers who are paying salaries rather than hourly rates could be…
Month: April 2024
The British Pig & Poultry Fair is less than a month away – and a lot has changed in the two years since the last Fair.…
A week-long poultry health course for vets, technical staff and poultry managers is being relaunched after a five-year break. Designed and taught by specialists at The…
A £35m grant has been announced by Defra for on-farm poultry manure combustors as part of a new plan to protect the River Wye. A newly…
Compassion in World Farming has launching a new logo for use by companies who have signed up to the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC). The logo is…
Moy Park farmer Brian Dickey has been applauded for his record-breaking flock performance results, achieving a European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) of 485.66. Dickey, who farms…
Stonegate has added Mole Valley Farmers to its list of authorised feed manufacturers for organic poultry feed. Mole Valley Farmers took charge of Uffculme Mill in…
Bird Bros has announced it will phase out colony cage egg production by 2028, and switch instead to barn production The move marks a major strategic…
Probiotics are improving the efficiency of poultry production. Chloe Ryan discovers more in a laboratory in Denmark In a laboratory just outside Copenhagen, Danish scientist Dorthe…
By Kerry Maxwell, communications manager, British Poultry Council I was challenged by someone who claimed BPC were “bold” for suggesting ‘poultry meat’ and ‘sustainable’ belonged in…