Agri-Business
70,000 pigs backing up on UK farms amid worker shortage
Healthy pigs will end up being destroyed and wasted - with an estimated 70,000 pigs backing up on farms -...
Pig/Poultry
Agri-Business
Applications now open for Scottish Pig Producer Hardship Support Scheme
A £715,000 hardship fund has been set up to offer financial support to pig producers affected by the temporary closure...
Dairy
Global leaders call for reduction in antimicrobials used in food systems
Global leaders and experts have called for a significant and urgent reduction in the amounts of antimicrobials - including antibiotics...
Pig/Poultry
AHDB’s Pig Health scheme set to return in the autumn
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) Pig Health scheme will return this autumn with an enhanced benchmarking feature, following...
Agri-Business
UK pork exports down £4 million for year so far
British government figures show the total value of UK pork exports has fallen by more than £4 million so far...
Agri-Business
More than 40 Nando's restaurants closed due to chicken shortage
Nando’s has been forced to close over 40 restaurants across the UK as it deals with the effect of staff...
Pig/Poultry
Applications open for AHDB’s Pig Industry Scholarship programme
Companies in the pig industry have until August 31 to apply to take an agricultural student on in their business...
N.Ireland
185 to be eligible for NI’s £1.6 million Pig Producer support
185 Northern Ireland farmers are expected to be eligible for a new £1.6 million Covid-19 pig producer support scheme for...
Agri-Business
UK pig throughput rises as sheep and cattle numbers dip
Pig throughput at UK abattoirs was historically high for the first half of 2021, whereas lamb and beef supply was...
Pig/Poultry
France to ban the crushing and gassing of male chicks from 2022
The French Agriculture Minister, Julien Denormandie, has announced that the killing of male chicks by methods of crushing or gassing...
Agri-Business
Public-private partnership required to help control African swine fever
A public-private partnership approach to help control the spread of African swine fever (ASF) has commenced, coinciding with a recent...
Agri-Business
Marks and Spencer becomes first major retailer to commit to selling only slower-reared chicken
Marks and Spencer will be the first major retailer to sell only slower-reared, higher welfare, chicken across its full range...
N.Ireland
Poots: Trespassing incident on Armagh poultry farm was ‘highly irresponsible’
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has condoned a trespassing incident on a poultry farm in Co. Armagh earlier today (July 2)...
N.Ireland
Animal rights activists occupy chicken shed in Armagh over animal welfare dispute
A group of animal rights activists have forced entry into a chicken farm in Moira, Co. Armagh in a dispute...
Pig/Poultry
NFU Scotland calls for urgent action to be taken to protect future of Scottish pig farmers
NFU Scotland president, Martin Kennedy, has written to Pilgrim’s, the processing partner of Scotland’s largest abattoir located in Brechin, to...
Pig/Poultry
Protect people and poultry from red mite this summer
Egg producers are being reminded of the risk to worker welfare as the summer red mite season draws near. Many...
Pig/Poultry
Cargill appoints new research coordinator
Clare Gaukroger has joined Cargill’s pig team as research coordinator for the UK. Based in North Yorkshire, she is establishing...
N.Ireland
Department unlikely to take direct action over ILT outbreaks
The department is unlikely to take direct action, such as introducing culls or flocks restrictions, over a recent spate of...
