The challenge to look and learn from other countries concerning their approach to antibiotic resistance (AMR) is highlighted by NFU animal health and welfare adviser, Rebecca…
Year: 2016
An improved trade balance between pork imports and exports looks set to reduce UK supplies, possibly resulting in a firmer domestic pig market than in the…
Europe’s animal feed industry organisation, FEFAC, has reached agreement on its “2030 Vision” with a strong commitment to feed safety, animal nutrition and sustainability. The new…
Scotland’s meat promotion body, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), has urged producers not to lose sight of the long-term opportunities which lie ahead, despite the “disheartening time”…
Members of the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust will be at this year’s Pig and Poultry Fair, encouraging visitors to apply for a scholarship, as an opportunity…
In my previous blog I discussed “epigenetics”, one of several new concepts appearing in the technical pig press. Farmers seem rather uncertain of what are these…
Pork import demand in China and the level of pigmeat supplies available in the US are the two main points of challenge for the global pigmeat…
A two-year campaign to underline the multiple benefits of the EU livestock and meat industry has been launched by Copa and Cogeca, with a special focus…
McDonald’s UK, complete with a strong commitment to RSPCA-Assured pork, has reported its 10th consecutive year of growth. This is against the fast food chain’s global…
The animal health company, Alltech, has agreed to acquire Keenan, the farming solutions manufacturer which is widely recognised for its farm mixer wagon, also known as…