Pork was one of the only primary meat categories to record year-on-year growth in sales volumes during the 12 weeks to December 3, 2017, according to…
Month: January 2018
AHDB has produced a series of nutritional guides containing guidance on exactly what health claims can be made about beef, lamb and pork. Designed to help…
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has published advice to farmers as shortages of straw and high prices continue to cause problems. The agency has…
Research at the Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute (AFBI) in Northern Ireland has resulted in sows achieving wean litter weights of over 115kg at 28 days of…
Submissions to the Environment Agency’s 2017 Pollution Inventory must be made by the end of next month, according to a reminder issued by Vicky Price, a…
Russian pig farmers’ profitability has been falling steadily since 2015, when, driven by the food embargo, domestic prices were skyrocketing, Yuri Kovalev, chairman of the National…
“The BBC Countryfile people have been on; they’re planning a programme based on the Brecklands. We need it to show there is economic activity here, not…
Tesco was the big mover as the latest AHDB Porkwatch survey showed the big retailers stocked more British pork towards the end of last year. The…
UK shoppers spent almost £500 million more on food in December 2017 than in the final month of 2016 with Tesco, in particular, achieving the largest…
A total of 31 candidates will contest the NPA elections when voting begins later this month. The window for nominations closed yesterday. The final tally saw 15…