The combination of a poor 2017 harvest and increased demand from straw-burning power stations is behind the current ‘severe shortages’ of straw, according to the president of…
Month: February 2018
A number of new faces have been elected to sit on the NPAÂ two representative bodies. The NPA elections saw members select new representative for its decision-making…
Michael Gove’s reform of England’s farm support system will provide opportunities for the pig sector, according to the NPA. The Defra Secretary has published a consultation…
A litter of pigs is being allowed back into a Hampshire school after much controversy following complaints from one vegan parent had seen them sent back…
Formaldehyde has been banned as a feed additive in the EU from today. The product was denied authorisation in the EU due to health and safety…
Following the European launch a few weeks ago, Zoetis UK has launched its new PRRS vaccine in the UK. Suvaxyn PRRS MLV, which contains an attenuated…
Michael Gove has set out plans to redirect money from the current direct payment support system to a new system of paying farmers ‘public money for…
New NFU president Minette Batters has called on the Government to put farming at the heart of its Brexit negotiations in her first major speech in…
BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme is being broadcast from a pig farm in East Yorkshire all week. The BBC team is spending the week at…
As the song title suggests, prices are starting to show slightly firmer price trends with the SPP actually going up for once by a modest 0.15p…