A new Swine Dysentery (Brachyspira hyodysenteriae) case has been identified on a pig unit in Norfolk. The case was identified by clinical signs on Tuesday this…
Month: September 2015
Morrisons is to close 11 supermarkets after announcing a 47% fall in half-year profits, a downturn which comes on the back of continued market share loss…
Robots will be playing an increasing role in farming within the five years, giving producers access to greater intelligence in the process, says Australian robotics specialist…
Global pork prices are continuing to run about 25% below 2014 levels, despite a modest recovery in May, which carried over into June, according to a…
The European Parliament (EP) has voted for a beefing up of existing European Commission (EC) plans to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants…
Farm debt in Scotland has increased by 4% over the past year, taking total debt levels to their highest since the late 1980s. According to the…
Nearly 5 million more pigs were slaughtered in the EU in the first half of this year than in the same period in 2014, according to…
Europe’s farming leaders have warned the European Commission (EC) that the €500 million aid package agreed by EU Farm Ministers yesterday is “far from sufficient” in…
The prospect of a new private storage (PSA) scheme for pigmeat and a commitment to increase next year’s promotional budget beyond the €81 million (£59m) already…
Signs of progress towards settling the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute over Russia’s ban on imports of EU pigmeat have started to emerge, following the latest…