The discount supermarket, Aldi, has been praised by the National Pig Association (NPA) for its success in boosting sales of British pork. Already a 100% supporter…
Year: 2016
Details of an acute salmonellosis outbreak, which initially resembled porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED), but thankfully wasn’t, are included in the “unusual diagnosis” section of the latest…
Prime Minister, David Cameron, has been challenged to take UK farmers’ problems seriously and urged to back policies that will deliver a solution. This was the…
Scotland’s pig herd grew by 2.7% in 2015, driven by an increase in breeding numbers, according to the country’s December 2015 survey results. Despite totalling almost…
Expectations of a recovery in the EU pigmeat market in the short-term may be “premature” says AHDB Pork, basing its views on new figures shared during…
A continuing upward trend of disease in UK pigs due to Escherichia coli (E.coli) is highlighted in the latest quarterly report on emerging disease threats, published…
The “exceptional measures” agreed by EU farm ministers yesterday to help alleviate market pressures on producers have been welcomed by Copa-Cogeca as a “move forward” but…
Sainsbury’s has reported its first rise in like-for-like first-quarter sales in over two years, prompting the group’s chief executive, Mike Coupe, to describe the result as…
An additional package of “exceptional measures” to support EU farmers, including the “consideration” of a new private storage aid scheme for pigmeat, has been announced by…
The UK’s four farming union presidents are due to meet the UK’s four farming ministers in Brussels today ahead of what industry leaders across Europe are…