Very much a case of ‘as you were’Â as far as pig prices are concerned, with the influential German producer price remaining unchanged for a fifth week…
Month: November 2017
* Exports of all UK food and drink grew to £5.9bn in Q3 2017, up 14.7% on 2016. This represents growth of 11% to £16.1bn from…
The UK has been given green light to ship pork products to China, AHDB has announced today (23 November). One of the country’s largest food producers has received official notification…
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has insisted the Government remains committed to the very highest standards of animal welfare, as the row over the recent Commons vote…
UK clean pig slaughterings totalled 908,800 head in October, 4% higher on the year, according to latest data from Defra. However, October 2017 had an extra…
UK pork shipments to China continued to evade the slowdown in the Chinese market during September. According to AHDB, at 2.97 thousand tonnes, fresh and frozen…
The Prime Minister has waded into the row over the Government’s position on animal sentience, following a Commons vote last week. As the controversy threatened to…
The food and farming industry has given a muted response to Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget today, with concerns raised about the lack of clarity for British…
MSD Animal Health has launched a white paper Time to Vaccinate – Looking Beyond Antibiotics at an event in London today.  Vaccination rates in the cattle, sheep…
Three of NPA’s longest-standing servants – chairman Richard Lister, vice-chairman Richard Longthorp and Allied Industry Group (AIG) chairman Hugh Crabtree – have confirmed they will be standing…