AHDB is running a live digital event on 23 June exploring in the round the impacts of Brexit one year on for UK agriculture and horticulture.…
Year: 2017
The hugely successful Pig Industry Scholarship is looking to recruit new sponsors for its fifth year. The scheme, which works with students at Harper Adams University…
The producer’s share of the retail pork price has reached its highest point since December 2013, after increasing marginally in May to reaching 43.2%, the highest…
The Queen’s Speech, setting out the Government’s legislative programme for the next two years includes an Agriculture Bill that will set out how farmers will be…
The European Commission has confirmed the EU-wide ban on the use of zinc oxide at medicinal levels in piglet feed, giving member states up to five…
Tinder dry conditions are putting the countryside at risk of devastating fires, NFU Mutual has warned. The leading rural insurer is concerned that the current heat…
Soaring populations of wild boar could pose a risk to human health, according to researchers. Research by the Moredun Research Institute at Penicuik, near Edinburgh, concluded that…
Chef Jamie Oliver MBE has been awarded the RSPCA Richard Martin Gold Award as part of the charity’s Honours in recognition of his significant contribution to…
A new report about the future of the Scottish red meat industry has outlined the potential opportunities as well as the tough times ahead following Brexit.…
Antibiotic data representing 70% of 2016 English pig slaughterings has now been loaded onto the eMB-Pigs database, a significant milestone for the industry. The latest figures…