Very much a case of “as you were” with pig prices generally holding and the SPP only marginally easier losing 0.04p to stand at 150.03p and…
Month: June 2018
Andrew McCornick, NFU Scotland’s president, has written to Secretary of State Greg Clark asking that the pig and poultry processors be given priority ahead of other…
An EU ambassadors meeting in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) has confirmed an agreement reached between the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council and European Parliament…
Tulip, a subsidiary of the Danish Crown Group,has announced commitments to tackling plastic usage and food waste as part of its new CSR policy. The commitments…
The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance won two awards and Wayland Farms was highly commended at the Antibiotic Guardian Awards on Wednesday. RUMA…
There was a pocket of positivity in the latest retail data from Kantar Worldpanel, covering the 12 weeks to May 20. Sausage sales returned to growth,…
Figures from Eurostat show EU pig slaughterings in March were 22.4 million head, 0.5% lower year-on-year. However, a slight increase in carcase weights kept pig meat…
An excellent article in the Guardian has highlighted the need for the lessons of the 1999 sow stall ban as we negotiate our post-Brexit future. The…
China has lifted its longstanding ban on exports of beef from the UK, in a landmark move for British producers estimated to be worth £250 million…
NFU president Minette Batters has welcomed comments made by the Secretary of State on British farmers being better equipped than anyone to fulfil the national and…