EU pork exports reached record levels in October, led by a doubling of shipments to China, according to AHDB Pork. Total export volumes for the month…
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Although Christmas is a time for giving as well as taking, the seasonal period looks like it’s going to see producers taking a hammering on the…
An “abysmal selection” of British gammons are on offer this Christmas says the National Pig Association (NPA), naming Asda at the worst performer with British product…
Ireland’s pig farmers say they’re grateful for a €1m (£730,000) special package secured for the sector by the Irish government but have added that they believe…
Sussex farmer, Gwyn Jones, has been elected as the new chairman of Copa and Cogeca’s Animal Health and Welfare Working Party with the priority of overseeing…
Environmental restrictions on planning proposals in Northern Ireland (NI) are “significantly hampering” pig sector growth according to the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU). UFU officials recently met…
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are understood to have agreed a deal that will see the French pharmaceutical company’s Merial animal health business swapped for the family-owned…
AHDB Pork chair, Meryl Ward, has welcomed the introduction of notifiable status for PED, due to start on Friday this week, as a “significant step change”…
The Scottish Government’s approach to GM risks is consigning the nation’s farmers and scientific community to a “technological backwater” says NFU Scotland’s vice president, Rob Livesey.…
Confidence among EU farmers has “plummeted” according to the results of a new Copa and Cogeca survey of 8000 producers across 10 member states. The newly…