UK imports of fresh and frozen pork grew by 13% in volume year-on-year in November 2015 but fell in value over the same period by 4%…
Month: January 2016
The European Commission (EC) has formally established its new Agricultural Markets Task Force with the remit of improving the position of farmers in the food chain.…
The EU has committed the equivalent of more than £120 million to support eradication, control and surveillance programmes that aim to eliminate animal diseases and zoonoses,…
Waitrose, the Co-operative, Sainsbury’s and the discount retailers all successfully grew ahead of the market and were the share winners over Christmas, although the biggest winners…
The impact of new free trade agreements (FTAs) and the referendum debate over the UK’s membership of the EU will share the focus of attention at…
Six Danish companies, working together under the name Danish Farm Concept (DFC), have secured contracts to supply investors in Vietnam and the Philippines with turnkey pig…
The supermarket group Morrisons is expecting food deflation to continue in 2016, despite reporting good Christmas sales today. “The economic recovery has been sustained in recent…
The EU’s Private Storage Aid (PSA) scheme for pigmeat has started well, attracting high initial volumes and raising hopes that it may give some support to…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has been asked to update its advice on the use in animals of colistin, the so-called antibiotic of last resort which…
The newly published cost of production report from AHDB Pork shows a fall of nearly 16% in costs in 2014, taking the average figure down to…