Agri-Business
£7 million awarded to build animal vaccine research centre
The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has been awarded £7 million to support the creation of an industry-leading veterinary vaccinology and...
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Beef
Meat the Market: Could poor presentation be wiping value off your stock?
Livestock farmers in Scotland are invited to attend a series of ‘Meat the Market’ meetings to help them boost their...
Beef
3 new members join QMS board
Three new members, including a butcher, a female farmer and a pig marketing boss, have been appointed to the Quality Meat...
Pig/Poultry
ASF: British pig industry braces for the worst
The UK’s pig industry is making preparations for “the worst” in light of news that African Swine Fever (ASF) has...
Agri-Business
Annual livestock survey: What's up and what's down in 2018?
Defra has released the final results of its estimates of livestock numbers on commercial agricultural holdings in England on June...
Pig/Poultry
Prime pig prices down 9% as supplies increase
Farmgate pig prices have cooled over the past few weeks, leaving them 9% lower than this time last year, according...
World News
African Swine Fever: 2 cases confirmed in Belgium
Belgian authorities confirmed two cases of African Swine Fever last night marking the closest the current epidemic of the disease...
World News
African Swine Fever outbreak suspected in Belgium
European authorities are understood to be investigating a suspected African Swine Fever outbreak in Belgium. If tests prove positive for...
World News
Japan suspends pork exports as Classical Swine Fever outbreak is confirmed
Japanese officials have suspended all pork exports from the country following news of a Classical Swine Fever (CSF) outbreak at...
Pig/Poultry
UK research team leads international fight against African Swine Fever
Pioneering research by a team of UK researchers has helped to provide two of the world’s best hopes of a...
Agri-Business
Nuffield annual conference heads to Scotland
Bookings are now open for this year’s Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust annual conference which will be held in Glasgow, at...
Pig/Poultry
African Swine Fever: UK risk through imports raised to 'medium'
The risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the UK through contaminated imports has been raised to ‘medium’ according to...
Pig/Poultry
EU pig prices: Germany strengthens, while the UK slips
August has been a “month of two halves” for the EU average pig prices, pork industry analysts have said. At...
World News
UN warns African Swine Fever could spread through Asia 'at any time'
Deadly pig virus African Swine Fever could spread to other Asian countries anytime through traded pork products, the United Nation’s...
Agri-Business
Almost 300 camelid TB reactors in Britain in 2017
Almost 300 camelids were slaughtered in Great Britain in 2017 after reacting positively to TB tests, the latest official figures...
Agri-Business
African Swine Fever: UK risk remains low but 2 core trends 'worrying' officials
There are two trends which are cause for concern in the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), according to UK...
Agri-Business
African Swine Fever: 664 cases in western Eurasia since July
A startling 664 cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been confirmed in Russia and Europe since the start of...
Pig/Poultry
No-Deal Brexit: It could be easier to export to China than the EU
A ‘No-Deal’ Brexit could make trading pork products with the EU more difficult than shipping to further flung locations such...