Scope for a significant recovery in producer prices continues to look “limited” according to the latest analysis from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). That’s despite several recent…
Year: 2016
Small details concerning the successful production of more litters per sow and improving uniformity in finisher pigs can make a big difference to final returns, producers were…
The Welsh meat promotion body HCC (Hybu Cig Cymru) should be “continued” according to the initial findings of a five-month review of its value to the…
Numbers published by the EU in March 2016.
Unfortunately, signs that spot bacon prices were due for a revival proved to be somewhat wide of the mark with most spot bacon buyers having enough…
Data published by Defra in March 2016.
The new farm crisis package unveiled by the European Commission (EC) on Monday this week was neither bold nor decisive according the chair of the European…
Everything possible must be done to prevent African swine fever (ASF) spreading further across Europe, a high-ranking delegation from Estonia warned EU farm ministers in Brussels…
The new chair of Meat & Livestock Commercial Services Limited (MLCSL) is George Lyon, a former Scottish MEP and a past-president of NFU Scotland. MLCSL which…
The use of medicated feeds to treat farm animals must be better harmonised across the EU says the European Parliament (EP) agriculture committee, whose members have…