The continued focus on the ever-increasing resistance to antibiotics and the need to reduce in-feed use of medication, should encourage us to examine all potential ways…
Month: October 2016
It’s been pretty full on since I last wrote. Can I point out that completing a triathlon with ‘zero hours’ training is not to be recommended?…
The major US pork, chicken and beef company, Tyson Foods, has taken a 5% ownership stake in the plant-based protein producer, Beyond Meat. The investment, placed…
The weakening of sterling against the euro during the past 12 months is responsible for a 21p/kg shift in comparative EU/UK pig prices, according to AHDB…
You can vote now to select the National Pig Association Allied Industry Group member of the year, ahead of our National Pig Awards in November. Four…
US pork producers have said they want to achieve the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers on US pork exports to the EU as part of…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is seeking livestock and farm export reassurances from the UK government concerning its post-Brexit land border with the Republic of Ireland,…
AHDB Pork has revealed it is working to developing more accurate price comparisons between different countries in response to claims the current system ‘dupes’ British farmers.…
The UK is “light years ahead” of some countries in dealing with antibiotic use and resistance says the NFU’s animal health and welfare adviser, Rebecca Veale,…
Europe’s farming organisations have challenged the European Commission (EC) to develop tools at farm level post-2020 to help producers better manage the risks of increasingly volatile…