By Hannah Cargill, contract production manager, Avara Foods Turkey is often seen as the guest of honour of the Christmas dinner, but let’s be honest: after…
Month: November 2024
After a successful pilot programme with Northern Ireland dairy farmers, the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust have made the 2025 Next-Gen Scholarships available to a wider group…
By Kerry Maxwell, communications manager, British Poultry Council Understandable concern regarding inheritance tax has brought us to a critical juncture in the dialogue about future-proofing British…
Six new members of the poultry industry Hall of Fame were inducted this November. The scheme was launched last year as the project of Derek Kelly,…
Poultry processor IHP has recorded a strong increase in sales and profits for the year ending 28 February 2024. Turnover reached £76.9 million, up from £75.3…
An angry backlash greeted the farming minister at this year’s Egg & Poultry Industry Conference in Newport. Daniel Zeichner addressed delegates at the 57th EPIC, but…
By Charles Bourns, broiler grower, Gloucestershire This week I attended part of the EPIC Conference which from an industry point of view was mostly positive, except…
By Aimee Mahony, NFU chief poultry adviser I concluded last month’s column by reflecting on what might come of the autumn budget which was just days…
KFC has conceded it will no longer meet the 2026 Better Chicken Commitment deadline. The company’s head of sustainability and head of poultry, Europe, spoke to…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in the UK. It’s time to step up your biosecurity Avian influenza (AI) is a significant infectious disease in…