Farmers looking to take advantage of five-year income tax averaging need to act on the matter before the end of March says rural accountant, Mike Butler.…
Month: February 2017
GB pig feed production in December was down by 5% on the year, registering the eighth consecutive month of reduced output, according to AHDB Pork. Based…
Three new multidisciplinary food partnership projects involving collaborations between academic and industry partners have been recommended for a share of £1m of new funding to carry…
Britain’s vets have selected disease control as one of their top three Brexit concerns, while also complaining that post-mortem facilities have deteriorated over the last three…
The importance of using antibiotics responsibly on farms is being championed by City & Guilds, following lengthy discussions with the National Pig Association (NPA). City &…
Pork sector prospects as the UK prepares to leave the EU will be featured during tomorrow’s livestock outlook webinar, run by AHDB at 10.30am on Tuesday,…
Scotland’s Rural Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has called on the UK’s devolved administrations to “speak with a united voice” to protect agricultural interests during the Brexit negotiations.…
Five weeks of “marginal” price decline have seen saw pig values ease back from their 26-month high of 151.9p/kg dwt at the end 2016, to below…
Although the SPP has dropped back a shade and now stands at 149.96p, supply and demand seem to be more or less in balance and prices…
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been given a stark warning over the “velocity” with which Brexit could hit their businesses once the UK leaves the EU.…