Specially Selected Pork (SSP) was the focus on a new sausage-making world record at the weekend’s Taste of Grampian food festival when Dundee butcher, David Patterson,…
Year: 2016
Emma Rose of the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics argues that the intervention of institutional investors in the antibiotics debate shows that the topic has to…
The National Pig Association (NPA) has warned the government that the UK’s “clunky” approach to planning is delaying antibiotic reduction in livestock. “Keeping livestock in new…
Almost a quarter of the GB finishing herd has already signed-up to the industry-backed electronic medicine book (eMB), which was only launched four weeks ago to…
World meat production is forecast to stagnate this year at about 321 million tonnes with pigmeat production heading for a marginal decline, according the latest Food…
The livestock feed company, ForFarmers, has voiced its support for “a number of industry initiatives” introduced in recent weeks to combat anti-microbial resistance (AMR). “The electronic…
Global farm policy-makers need to stimulate a new generation of young agri-entrepreneurs by providing them with the right support structures to help them progress, European farm…
Nominations have opened for this year’s David Black Award which is given to somebody who has gone above and beyond the call of duty to help…
Retailers across Europe, including four major names in the UK market, have today signed up to a Retailers’ Environmental Action Plan (REAP), committing themselves to more…
Retail pork sales have risen by 2% year-on-year during the past 12 weeks in terms of volume but have fallen by 7% in terms of value,…