The rules governing drivers’ hours for some vehicles, including those used to carry live animals from farms to local markets or abattoirs, are set to change…
Month: October 2014
Around 30 years ago the idea of annual appraisals became fashionable, especially among bigger companies, writes John Gadd. Some years later the bigger pig units took…
An inspirational leader is being sought by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to chair the Pig Sector Advisory Board from March 2015. The task…
A leading feed company director has said he’s currently looking at “stable prices through to next harvest”, a situation he added was as good for his…
GB retail sausage sales fell by 18,000 tonnes in the year ending September 2014, with a clear shift in spending by consumers from premium to standard-tier…
The CLA, the landowners’ organisation, has called on the government to recognise farming and landowning concerns over shale gas development. A CLA letter, sent to Energy…
The EU needs to remove the “barriers to new technologies” which are currently hampering agricultural development in Europe, Copa-Cogeca’s vice president, Ricardo Serra, told 650 farmers…
A senior director of the supermarket giant, Morrisons, has written to the National Farmers Union (NFU) to voice the company’s commitment to the British farming industry,…
Lower feed prices should allow Europe’s pig sector to cope with declining pigmeat prices and to achieve a projected 0.8% production recovery in 2015, according to…
The UK’s pig and poultry industries have joined forces to draw up a concept note for the creation of world-class centre of excellence. And a stakeholder…