The European Commission (EC) is to hand back the €435 million (£371m) it levied from farmers last year to increase its crisis reserve fund at the…
Year: 2016
Scotland’s new pig monitor farm is Mill of Carden, near Inverurie, which is owned by Patrick Stephen and has a commercial herd of 530 sows, housed…
The red meat supply chain in Scotland contributes around £2.4 billion to the country’s total output, making a £733 million contribution to Scotland’s Gross Domestic Product…
EU pork exports showed signs of “cooling” in September in response to falling Chinese demand and higher supplies of cheaper pork coming from the US and…
High animal welfare and food safety standards need to be maintained as “unique selling points” of post-Brexit Britain says British Veterinary Association (BVA) president, Gudrun Ravetz.…
GB pig production costs remain above levels in other EU countries, despite a 6% fall in domestic costs in 2015, according to AHDB Pork. While average…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement fell short of delivering measures that will enable the country’s farm businesses to maximise their potential. That’s the farm-based…
The go-ahead has been given for a 15,000-pig development in Northern Ireland, ending months of high profile opposition to the project. The farmer concerned, Derek Hall,…
A revised Import Protocol, up-dated to account for new disease threats, has been published by NPA. Based on an original document which was developed several years…
Pig producer margins have moved back into the black for the first time since 2014, according to the latest estimates from AHDB Pork. Although pig production…