The NPA producer group has asked the Red Tractor pork board to give producers more time to enter data onto eMB-Pigs once the database becomes a…
Month: March 2017
The EU average weaner price has surged over the past three months, climbing over €11 to stand at a shade under €54 per head for week…
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has extended its free carcase collection services in north east England. The agency has signed a new contract with…
The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance has expressed ‘surprise and disappointment’ over claims made about antibiotic use in farming in a fund-raising campaign…
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel published today for the 12 weeks ending 26 February 2017, show supermarket sales grew at their fastest…
A row has broken out between the manufacturer of Porky Lights sausages and a Slimming World over the fat content of its products. Porky Lights are manufactured…
Pork export volumes from the four major pig meat exporters, the EU, US, Canada and Brazil, increased last year, exceeding 5.5 million tonnes, while prices also…
The National Pig Association is seeking a 10-year transition period if zinc oxide is banned at therapeutic doses in piglet feed next month. The Committee for Veterinary…
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the results of a Food Standards Agency (FSA)Â study, showing the risk to consumers of contracting antibiotic-resistant infections through handing…
At least George Eustice has a vision for where Brexit is going or, rather, where he would like it to go. With less than a month…