Agri-Business
Alltech: Global feed production steady in 2022
Global feed production remained steady in 2022 despite significant macroeconomic challenges that affected the entire supply chain, according to the...
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Pig/Poultry
BFREPA to host meetings across the UK to tackle 'ongoing crisis'
The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) is to meet members up and down the country to discuss solutions...
N.Ireland
GB animal feed production hits 6-year low
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that animal feed production levels in Great Britain have hit a...
Agri-Business
World meat prices fell in December
A decline in demand drove international bovine meat prices down in December, according to the latest Food Price Index report...
Other
UK chief vet - a Companion of the Order of the Bath
The UK’s chief veterinary officer (CVO), Christine Middlemiss, has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)...
N.Ireland
Scientists fight to control sheep scab in the UK
Scientists at Moredun Research Institute are fighting to control the prevalence of sheep scab across the UK. Sheep scab, caused...
Other
BRC warns Christmas dinners 'may look different' this year
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has warned that Christmas dinners “may look different this year” due to food inflation, declining...
Government
Animal rights activists scale Defra building
Activists from the Animal Justice Project (AJP) have today (Thursday, December 15) scaled a government building of the Department for...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm targets 2.5% growth in milk pool
Dale Farm is forecasting a target of 2.5% growth in its milk pool and processing output over the coming years....
Other
Jeremy Clarkson says food prices should go up to help farmers
TV personality turned farmer Jeremy Clarkson has said that food prices need to increase further in order to help British...
Pig/Poultry
Tesco announces £13.9m in additional support for egg sector
Tesco has today (Friday, November 25) announced that it will provide £13.9 million in additional support for its British egg...
N.Ireland
Poultry housing order introduced across NI
Mandatory housing measures for all kept birds and poultry are to come into force across Northern Ireland from midday on...
Pig/Poultry
NFU calls for Defra to investigate egg supply chain
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling for an urgent investigation by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Pig/Poultry
CAFRE and UFU to hold poultry conference next month
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) will hold a poultry conference to...
Agri Politics
Defra is leaving the UK 'vulnerable' to animal disease outbreaks - report
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is leaving the UK “vulnerable to a major breakdown” of animal...
N.Ireland
More than 3,000 turkeys to be culled in Monaghan tomorrow
The culling of 3,800 turkeys at a poultry farm near Clones in Co. Monaghan will begin early tomorrow morning (Tuesday,...
Pig/Poultry
UK faces egg shortage amid rising production costs - BFREPA
A survey by the British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) concluded that the UK’s egg supply and the “long-term...
Pig/Poultry
Christmas turkey shortage may be on the cards, warns BPC
The free range turkey sector has taken the ‘biggest hit’ from the avian influenza (bird flu) crisis, and this may...
