Beef
Survey: Small abattoirs critical to farming and meat businesses
850 farmers and land managers across the UK responded to an online survey which aimed to better understand the importance...
Sustainable Food Trust
Dairy
Report challenges assumptions about livestock impact
A new report from the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT) challenges the current assumption that meat and dairy products from livestock...
Beef
Abattoir closures will leave farmers with 'nowhere to go'
Farmers are being asked to complete a survey regarding their use of abattoirs, and the importance of an abattoir for...
Agri-Business
Closure of small abattoir in Yorkshire Dales looms
The only small abattoir in Yorkshire Dales, McIntyre meats, is set to close on March 27. The closure of the...
Rural Life
Survey highlights importance of local abattoirs
A recent survey of more than 1,300 UK farming and food businesses found that 88% of respondents consider local abattoirs...
Agri-Business
Support needed for struggling small abattoirs to install CCTV
A support fund is urgently needed for struggling small abattoirs in the UK to install CCTV in order to comply...
Agri-Business
Gove urged to take step in to save small abattoirs
A total of 34 British agri-food organisations have joined forces to urge Defra’s Secretary of State, Michael Gove to take...