A specialist UK provider of on-farm environmental assessments, designed to improve understanding concerning greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and the food chain, has been acquired by…
Month: February 2015
India, Hong Kong and Japan are all on BPEX’s export promotions list over the next few months as the organisation seeks to maintain a strong international…
Potential threats to animal health and welfare have prompted a Scottish government review of the rules covering the importation of exotic animals as pets. Following discussions…
A Chair and up to four external members for the Animal Disease Surveillance Governance Board is being sought by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA).The…
The latest DNA results for retail pigmeat sales in Ireland show that nearly one-third of samples tested in butcher shops around the country were not Irish,…
Friday the 13th only proved to be something of a nightmare in certain sectors of the trade, but one glimmer of light was the news that…
Tulip is looking to recruit an additional 145 staff at its Westerleigh production facility in Bristol, following the completion of a £16m expansion at the site.…
The current differential between the Northern Ireland pig price and the GB equivalent is “just not acceptable” according to a leading Ulster farmers’ marketing group, whose…
Landowners could be owed thousands in pylon damage and disturbance compensation according to a leading rural practice surveyor. New research results published by land and property…
MEPs have endorsed plans to extend country-of-origin labelling (COOL) for all meat used as ingredients in processed foods, with an overwhelming vote in the European Parliament…