The UK Government wants to put in place a ‘temporary customs union’ to soften the blow for UK businesses after we leave the EU. In a new document, Ministers set out…
Year: 2017
A group of UK livestock industry representatives has called on the Government to start acting now to help secure new export outlets for the industry. The…
The cost of rural theft has risen sharply in the first half of 2017, despite some businesses ‘turning their farmyards into fortresses’, according to new figures…
Food Minister George Eustice has announced a new pork export deal with China worth an estimated £200 million to the UK food industry and supporting 1,500 jobs. Seven…
Something of a mixed dish as far as buyers and sellers are concerned, with the SPP falling by 0.21p for the first time in 23 weeks,…
The NFU has welcomed plans announced by Defra Secretary of State Michael Gove for CCTV to be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England. “British farming is fully committed to high…
CCTV will be mandatory in all slaughterhouses in England under new proposals announced today by Environment Secretary Michael Gove. The proposals, which are subject to a…
The UK’s food-to-go sector will be worth £23.5bn by 2022, up from its current value of £17.4bn, according to IGD, the food and grocery market research…
Global meat prices plateaued in July according to the latest FAO food price index. The index rose for the third consecutive month to 179.1 points, 2%…
The number of sows in Denmark has increased again based on data from the July 1 pig survey, following on from a small year on year…