Fewer than one in five family farms are making a profit from their farming activity, according to new research undertaken by the Andersons Centre on behalf…
Month: October 2017
Costcutter is recalling Independent Sliced Chorizo because the product contains milk which is not correctly declared on the label. This means the product is a possible…
The NPA has urged caution in reading too much into a new report suggesting Brexit will boost pig farm incomes. AHDB’s latest Horizon report, Brexit scenarios: an impact assessment, looked…
Farmers and vets are being urged to fill in a short online survey about how they use antibiotics for human medicine, and their views on the issues…
Family-owned sausage producer Heck Food has created 75 jobs after opening a £3.5m factory, which makes more than 700 sausages per minute. Heck is aiming to…
A bronze pig sculpture put up in honour of a Wiltshire town’s pork pie making heritage has been stolen. According to Wiltshire police, the statue of…
Brexit will boost pig farm incomes, at least according to modelling by AHDB, which has looked at the impact of various future scenarios on the different…
A new, high tech 155,000 sq. ft. distribution hub for Samworth Brothers in Leicestershire has opened, with an official opening ceremony planned for later in October.…
A group of NFU farmer and grower members are the stars of a new recipe book that features the best of British produce. Countryside Kitchen: Farm,…
Researchers in Australia and the US have uncovered genetic data they believe may contain the key to developing a vaccine for African Swine Fever (ASF). Scientists…