This month I’m writing from Singapore, where I’ve just spent the first three days of my Nuffield Global Focus Programme. Over the next six weeks, I…
Year: 2017
High welfare is one of the main hallmarks of our industry, and allows us to stand out from the crowd in a busy international marketplace for…
Here we go again. Another election, and I can’t say I am full of enthusiasm for another dose of political rhetoric and, of course, the stuff…
This month I will mostly be being annoyed with a gastroenterologist by the name of Dr Harry Dalton, who made a silly joke about Hepatitis E…
The Co-op’s unequivocal support for British bacon and the wider agricultural sector represents a huge endorsement of our industry. It is backing British food, not just…
French farm industry leader and ‘passionate pig farmer’ Christiane Lambert supports a hard EU line on Brexit but is also hoping that farming issues can be…
The National Pig Association (NPA) is urging the Government to adopt a proportionate approach to new long-term antibiotic targets, as the formal negotiation process gets underway.…
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 21 May 2017, reveal that inflation continues to rise –…
Red Tractor is reminding pig producers of changes to the pork scheme standards coming into force in October. The changes follow the latest three-yearly scheme review…
Just 6% of Danish consumers make decisions on buying pork on the basis of animal welfare, according to a survey commissioned by the Danish Agriculture and Food…