The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget gave family poultry farms an unexpected new headache in terms of inheritance planning. Michael Barker looks at the current state of play…
Month: February 2025
Rural charity, Farm Safety Foundation, otherwise known as Yellow Wellies, is running its eighth annual Mind Your Head campaign, aiming to raise awareness of, and tackle…
The UK chief veterinary officer has announced that from Monday 10 February all gatherings of poultry will be banned across the whole of England. This includes…
The British Egg Industry Council has announced the appointment of Nick Allen as chief executive, effective 7 April 2025. Allen will take over from acting chief…
England and Wales have followed Scotland in announcing a consultation on livestock feed controls. The consultations are gauging views on permitting non-ruminant Processed Animal Protein (PAP)…
Take-home sales at the grocers rose by 4.3% over the four weeks to 26 January compared with one year ago, according to the latest data from…
The Poultry Industry Education Trust has announced its one-day 2025 Northern Ireland Poultry Industry Conference will be held on Tuesday 28 October. The venue will be…
By Charlie Reeve EU broiler prices have teetered around 275 eurocents a kg for the past six months and stood at 275.59 eurocents a kg for…
Defra secretary of state Steve Reed has promised farmers the government will “maintain long-term food security” and “protect our highest quality agricultural land”, as he announced…
By Charlie Reeve Total UK poultry meat production was up by 8.4% in December on the same month in 2023, totalling 151,000 tonnes. However, throughputs were…