A joint fund of £9 million to support research on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has been agreed between the UK and China. The Medical Research Council (MRC),…
Month: October 2015
Auctioneer Peter Crichton has announced the sale on Saturday, October 31, of outdoor pig equipment from a 1000-sow herd, taking place at Firsfield Farm, Coney Weston,…
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched its 2015 schools meat voucher scheme to help Scottish secondary schools encourage their pupils to learn to cook quick, tasty…
Pigmeat production levels are heading for an estimated end-of-year total of 111.5 million tonnes with 2016 forecast to be marginally higher at 112m tonnes, according to…
An “overhaul of MRSA” in Denmark has been initiated by the country’s environment and food minister, Eva Kjer Hansen, following criticism of her department’s previous efforts.…
The recent emergence of “positive factors” in relation to the EU pigmeat market must now be translated into improved farmgate prices says the Irish Farmers Association…
Exploring changes in the red meat chain and looking at the use of antibiotics in poultry production are two of the key issues listed for debate…
The global pork market will continue its slow recovery during the final quarter of 2015, with the same trend carrying over into 2016, but with adverse…
The European Commission (EC) has welcomed a move by the US to recognise the EU regionalisation system put in place to contain the spread of African…
The supermarket price war shows no signs of abating according to analysts Kantar Worldpanel, whose latest figures show households with a year-on-year saving of £58 on…