Farming organisations have expressed alarm after the chancellor Rachel Reeves said she would reform Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief. As part of the autumn…
Month: October 2024
Researchers at the University of Chester are working on two projects involving poultry production after they were granted millions of pounds in government funding. Experts from…
RSPCA Assured members are set to receive significantly more announced and unannounced visits to help restore the scheme’s credibility, following an independent review of the assurance…
The Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust has announced the appointment of 24 new scholars for 2025, two of whom are from the poultry sector. Yorkshire-based Charlotte Cole…
British powdered egg, certified under the British Lion Code, is now available for the first time, after Ready Egg Products opened a new egg drying plant.…
A free-range flock of Dekalb White layers, hatched by Joice and Hill and managed by John and Nicola Peate has recorded performance figures of 544 eggs…
Obituary: Sir John Campbell KB OBE FRAgS NSch, 1 April 1934 – 10 September 2024 Sir John Campbell, Scotland’s leading egg baron, has died aged 90…
Farmers are being encouraged to ramp up their efforts to control rodents ahead of an anticipated influx of rats and mice seeking shelter from the cold…
Skea Eggs has reported an increase in sales and profits in its latest annual accounts covering the year ending 31 December 2023. Turnover for the year…
Aldi is to introduce new packaging on fresh chicken from 30 October, highlighting its shift to lower stocking density. In July, the retailer announced it would…