Prospects for the pig, poultry, beef and lamb sectors will come under the spotlight at the 2015 Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Outlook Conference on…
Month: January 2015
The National Pig Association (NPA) has called for Brussels to start showing more leadership over the PEDv threat. Stating that the issue is currently “awash with…
Karro Food Group has started a consultation process that could see about 150 jobs go at the firm’s Billet Lane pork processing site in Scunthorpe. About…
Pork producers in Canada are committing new producer levies to fund a national animal health initiative according to the Canadian Pork Council (CPC). The focus of…
No ambition is too high for British food and farming, Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, told delegates at today’s Oxford Farming Conference, for which the chosen theme…
Sainsbury’s has warned that the outlook for the remainder of the financial year is set to remain “challenging”, with food price deflation likely to continue. Reporting…
A new examination of surgical castration in pigs, compared with vaccine-based alternatives, is nearing completion in Norway where a government and industry-backed working group is studying…
Former Farmers Weekly editor Jane King has been appointed the new chief executive of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Ms King will take up…
A 3% increase in Christmas-week pig slaughterings compared to the same week in 2013 may reduce the impact of the over-supply of pigs that’s normally apparent…
The BBSRC has announced that it “anticipates” funding a community-led Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) for a period of three years, building on a working group…