The potential for hydrogen to become an on-farm solution to energy storage is to be explored during NFU Scotland’s next renewables meeting for farmers, to be…
Year: 2015
NFU Scotland has slammed proposals from Scotland’s environmental body, SEPA, to “significantly hike” many of its charges, a move which the union says will be particularly…
Market forecasts regarding short-term pig production across Europe suggests “little respite for producers” says Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS), head of economics services, Stuart Ashworth. Writing is his…
AHDB Pork is to stage six practical pig events during November and December, at venues from Wetherby to Exeter. Designed to deliver “take-home messages for people…
An open-access database, built with European Commission (EC) funding, has been launched to help regulators and food suppliers monitor the impact of using genetically modified (GM)…
There’s nothing particularly exciting to write about on the trading front today, with the SPP slipping by 0.33p to stand at 131.12p/kg (156.07p a year ago)…
Former private secretary to three Home Secretaries and former chief executive of the Millennium Commission, Heather Hancock, has been appointed as deputy chair of the Food…
Discussion concerning what would constitute the “ideal monitoring system for salmonella in pork” is to be the focus of a three-day symposium, to be held in…
New owner sought for arguably the best pair of pig-based number plates ever – P16 ONE and P16 TWO. That was the request which landed in…
The Chilean pork industry achieved a significant increase in export business in the first half of 2015, with substantial gains being made in South Korea, China…