The European Commission (EC) has approved 41 new programmes, including three for pigmeat, to promote agricultural products in EU and third country markets. A total of…
Year: 2015
Russia’s currency crisis and a strong domestic commitment to pigmeat production will combine to prevent EU pork exports from regaining a share of the Russian market,…
Private Storage Aid (PSA) for EU pigmeat, which came into force on March 9, appears to have had “little impact” on the EU market, according to…
The new RSPCA Assured certification mark, which will replace the Freedom Food logo on products and menus, will be available to members from Thursday, May 7,…
Food Standards Scotland (FSS), who took over from the Food Standards Agency in Scotland on April 1, has committed itself to appointing its own chief scientific…
Increasing pork sector competition in the global export market will result in continuous price and margin pressures in most countries this year according to the latest…
Prices have remained very much in stand-on mode across the board, with the SPP easing a shade by 0.23p to 132.16p, and most spot quotes and…
UK pigmeat production in March totalled 69,300 tonnes, an increase of 5% higher on the same month last year, and the highest March figure since 2000,…
BPEX wants more vets to download its pig sampling app for smartphones and tablets for use in relation to Real Welfare (RW) assessments, warning that the…
The National Farmers Union (NFU) is lobbying for the rejection of draft EU legislation on future crop use in biofuel production, arguing that such a move…