A slaughter pig guarantee which will ensure producers in Denmark achieve a finishing margin of at least 87 Danish Krone (£9.30) a pig has been introduced by…
Year: 2014
Freedom Food, the welfare-based assurance and food labelling scheme, is to be rebranded as “RSPCA Assured” next year following research showing that consumers would “recognise and…
It was another quiet day on the selling front with plenty of contract pigs about; spot buyers, once again, were able to pick and choose to…
Meat continues to “buck the trend” by rising in price in August while global food prices in general fell for the fifth consecutive month, according to…
EU Agriculture Commissioner designate, Phil Hogan, has committed himself to preserving the “continuity and further development of the farming sector and rural areas” once he takes…
Efforts are being made to develop a “predictive framework” to help elucidate the mechanisms of disease emergence, UK pig producers and vets were told during a…
The first week of September resulted in another downward step for GB SPP, which slipped to 156.91p per kg, according to BPEX. Although this was 10th…
NFU Scotland have issued a warning concerning the requirement for farmers and their employees to have gained a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) by September 9…
The new EU Agriculture Commissioner designate is Ireland’s former Minister for the Environment, Phil Hogan. Set to preside over a €55bn agriculture budget, Commissioner Hogan, will replace…
The first case of African swine fever (ASF) to be identified in Estonia has been confirmed by the country’s Veterinary and Food Office (FVO) after an…