Cranswick PLC has reported a 16% increase in its pre-tax profit of £26.1 million for the six months ended September 30, up from GBP22.4 million a…
Year: 2013
Another very positive day for sellers, although the message is to keep pigs moving and perhaps nudge weights down in the run up to Christmas and…
Apologies if your weekly email newsletter from Pig World didn’t turn up this afternoon (Thursday).The email gremlins have struck and a number were returned undelivered.Those addressed…
Pig production costs in Great Britain last year were higher than in most other major producing countries, including all of the main export suppliers of pork…
Tests carried out by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) have shown that more than half the bacon on retailers shelves with labelling suggesting it was home-produced…
Members of the Freedom Food scheme are being given the chance to give their feedback on the development of the RSPCA’s welfare standards for farm animals.…
Tesco has launched a new initiative aimed at supporting the next generation of British farmers. The retailer’s Future Farmer Foundation has been established to help bright,…
Belfast-based agri‐technology company Devenish Nutrition has further increased its presence in the GB market by opening a food-grade premix manufacturing facility at Widnes, Cheshire. The new…
BPEX master butcher Keith Fisher has been helping out behind the scenes of the new four-part BBC programme Nigel and Adam’s Farm Kitchen.The programme features Nigel…
Food and Farming Minister George Eustice will address representatives from the beef, lamb, pork and dairy supply chains when he opens the AHDB Outlook 2014 conference…