A decision by Austria to prevent public funds being used in support of Third World businesses that keep animals in confined conditions, such as battery cages,…
Month: September 2015
AHDB Pork delivered 13,248 hours of training across a wide range of different subjects last year, hitting a total which was much higher than the organisation…
Another rather muted trading week has drawn to a close, with prices continuing to drift back in line with the falling SPP, which lost 0.74p this…
On-farm trials involving the use of carcase cooling containers to deal with fallen stock have already produced “encouraging” findings, according to AHDB Pork. “We’re really enthusiastic…
A new Scottish Food Crime and Incident Unit (SFCIU) is to be set up by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) to tackle food fraud. The move, taken…
Reduced promotional activity by supermarkets in the pork sector has contributed to a fall in sales volume for most cuts in the last quarter, the exception…
Irish pig farming leaders are targeting processors and compound feed suppliers equally, in search of a much-needed improvement in margins for producers. Following a pig sector…
Salespeople don’t lie, but they do lean the boat into the wind which suits them best, and shear away from facts that are in the wrong…
Feed sector concerns will play a major part in next month’s AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds’ Grain Market Outlook Conference, including a detailed look at the “fragile”…
The EU-28 protein crop sector is on target to achieve a 35% increase in production this year, according to new forecasts released by CopaCogeca, the European…