AHDB is funding a new education website to help ensure that the next generation of consumers learns more about where their food comes from and how…
Year: 2015
Scotland’s livestock farmers are continuing to stay focused and positive despite cash-flow challenges and volatile prices, according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman, Jim McLaren. Launching his…
The European Parliament’s current review of the rules governing organic farming needs to give “greater priority” to animal welfare issues, according to MEPs belonging to the…
Balancing feed conversion (FCR) and weight gain is a vital aspect of successful pig production but is also a factor on which there appears to be…
The new director of livestock R&D and knowledge exchange for AHDB is to be Chris Lloyd, stepping up from his previous role as AHDB Beef and…
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,…
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…