AHDB has published two new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for taking water samples. The basic SOP provides instruction on taking water samples to meet assurance requirements.…
Month: November 2017
Brazilian pork exports remained behind the record levels of last year in Q3, falling 7% to 160.2 thousand tonnes. This means shipments for the year to…
The producer share of the retail pork price decreased by one percentage point on the month during October to 42%, on par with the level recorded…
AHDB Pork’s field team is back to full strength after appointing Mike Shattock as the new Knowledge Exchange (KE) Manager for the south of England. The appointment…
The SPP continues on its downward track losing another 1.12p to stand at 154.04p and weekly contribution prices have either stood on or eased back a…
Ladies in Pigs (LIPs) is looking for a social media savvy person to take over as its chair in the spring. LIPs currently faces a number…
Former Minister and Tesco executive Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe has been appointed as the new chairman of Assured Food Standards (AFS), the company which owns and operates…
Last month, Russia announced it was extending the list of agricultural products banned from import under the politically motivated ban first implemented in August 2014. According…
The frozen food category is now worth more than £6 billion annually (Kantar Worldpanel, 52 w/e October 2017), increasing by an impressive £300 million compared to…
According to the latest figures from Statistics Denmark, the number of pigs in Denmark on 1 October was 3% higher than year earlier levels. This represents…