To develop management skills in farming, AHDB has opened applications for a Professional Manager Development Scheme (PMDS) course, which will start in January 2018. The course…
Year: 2017
The National Pig Association’s (NPA) short EU labour survey, which the association is running to back its lobbying efforts on this key issue, is closed. The…
The Government’s response to a report calling for protection for UK farmers from cheap, lower standard food imports post-Brexit has been condemned as ‘disappointingly thin’ by…
The NPA has expressed concern over the dramatic rise in straw prices in recent months that have resulted in some farmers paying twice as much for…
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…
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…