Europe’s animal feed suppliers are willing to look at everything from insects to algae in their search for sustainable feed sources according to FEFAC, the European…
Month: December 2015
The EU’s provision of private storage aid (PSA) for pigmeat will open for applications on January 4, according to the National Pig Association (NPA). First announced…
The free-farrowing systems report from the Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) is a “common sense” document which could prove to be a “useful roadmap” for UK…
Environment MEPs have opposed a new GM maize authorisation, banning it for the time being from food or feed use on the basis that the EU’s…
Pig farming leaders in Ireland have drawn some domestic positives this week from good news elsewhere in the European pork sector, most notably Northern Ireland’s provisional…
An online, interactive map showing how climate change may affect food production through to the 2080s has been launched during the climate conference (COP21) in Paris.…
The first chairman of the NPA, John Godfrey CBE, died in the early hours of this morning (December 1) after a two-year illness. He was 67,…
Tributes to former NPA and AHDB chairman John Godfrey CBE, who has died aged 67, have been led by AHDB Pork chairman Meryl Ward, who said…
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement was something of a “poisoned chalice” for farmers, mixing some really valuable tax benefits with other, potentially crippling, developments, according to the…
A commitment to strengthen cooperation on technology information and experience transfer has been agreed between the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of…