The Farm Safety Partnership (FSP) has set a target to reduce the number of farming fatalities by at least 50% by the summer of 2023, in…
Month: April 2018
BASF has launched a product designed to reduce nitrate leaching from slurry. A recent article in The Guardian reported a 3.2% rise in ammonia emissions between 2015-2016,…
African swine fever (ASF) has been reported in wild boar in Hungary for the first time, worryingly outside the ASF detection zone in place in the…
More than 50 firefighters battled to bring a blaze at a pig farm under control this morning according to the Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury A barn containing…
The third of the NPA’s Spring Regional meetings will take place in Diss on Tuesday evening, April 24. The East Regional meeting will take place at Diss RFC, Bellrope Lane,…
Now the ‘Beast from the East’ has left our shores to be replaced by the sun, alfresco eating should mean that barbecues will be fired up…
Rural businesses still face barriers to housing and economic development in the countryside despite the Government’s attempt to make the planning system more streamlined and efficient.…
The producer’s share of the pork retail price in March stood at 39%, which is a fall of one percentage point month-on-month, according to estimates by…
High levels of domestic production in February contributed to a 10% rise in UK pork exports compared to year earlier levels. According to HMRC, fresh/frozen pork…
The AF Group has appointed Keith Snape to oversee the growth of its livestock feed business. Mr Snape takes up the newly created role of feed…