The 14% weakening of the pound against the euro over the past four months should already be helping UK producers and might present a basic payments…
Month: April 2016
Cranswick plc has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of CCL Holdings Limited and its 100%-owned subsidiary Crown Chicken Limited (Crown) from the Thacker…
Jane Jordan reports from this year’s MSD Animal Heath/Pig World Round Table meeting that sought to debate whether the GB’s pig price premium was justified and…
A commitment by ASDA to increase its fresh pork to 80% British by next year has been welcomed by the National Pig Association (NPA) as an…
The UK’s new £70 million livestock research hub has been backed by Tesco, which has become the first retail member to join the Centre of Innovation…
Farmex is rebranding its data services under the Barn Report Pro banner and dropping its Guardian Action name which is currently used for some of its…
There are some further modest signs of life as far as the UK pig industry is concerned, and although the SPP took a downward step, losing…
The National Pig Association (NPA) has urged Defra to “get a move on” concerning the writing of new animal welfare codes, following the Government’s unexpected “volte-face”…
Defra has abandoned its plans to devolve the updating of the UK’s animal welfare codes to individual livestock sectors. It has now been decided to keep…
The relative weakness of sterling against the euro is good news for UK pig producers, according to AHDB Pork. Pointing out that last Friday the pound…