An application by Midland Pig Producers to create Foston Pig Unit and Anaerobic Digestion Plant in Derbyshire has been refused by the Environment Agency (EA), after…
Year: 2015
Danish Crown and Tican, Denmark’s two cooperative slaughterhouse companies, have agreed to merge, launching a membership and competition authority process to approve the decision. Tican, who…
A European Commission move to introduce private storage aid for pigmeat, to ease pressure on the EU pigmeat market, has been voted on today by Member States…
Four key areas to help the UK food and farming industry grow were unveiled today by Environment Secretary, Elizabeth Truss, in her address to the National…
A fresh analysis of how the Russian pig market has changed in response to the country’s two 2014 import bans has been completed by BPEX, drawing…
Just 53% of the UK’s food needs will be produced from home farms in the next 25 years, according to a new report published today by…
The National Farmers’ Union’s (NFU) Back British Farming Charter has secured its first brand product signature with the soup company, Crosse & Blackwell, announcing its support…
Five jointly-funded research awards, drawing more than £2.3 million from UK funds and $2.3m from the US have been announced in support of “high impact diseases…
The proposed opening of private storage measures for pork products is due to be put to the European Commission (EC) committee for the Common Organisation of…
Sainsbury’s is extending its horticulture and agriculture apprenticeship scheme run to include applicants from its livestock and poultry supply chains. Applications for the scheme are open…