As the newly named Pig Health Scheme is relaunched, AHDB outlines the benefits it delivers to producers Producers can get information on diseases they may not…
Month: November 2018
Trade and Industry Secretary Liam Fox delivered some positive messages at a recent AHDB export conference but failed to allay fears about post-Brexit import standards. Alistair…
A tax on red meat would be a ‘retrograde step’, according to a leading public health nutritionist. The question of a ‘meat tax’ has been hotly…
Ed Barker is NPA’s senior policy advisor. He previously worked for rural business advisors Cheffins and Country and Business Association All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are…
Two inter-twined, but seemingly contradictory, narratives dominated an AHDB conference looking at UK agriculture’s export prospects. One was a tale of huge export growth opportunity, the…
The technical events team at Grandstand Stoneleigh Events were recently awarded the organising team of the year at an event at London’s Honourable Artillery Company. The…
Despite the expectation that South Korean imports of fresh/frozen pork would slow as the year progressed due to increased domestic production, imports have actually increased by…
EU pig meat production fell slightly in August, compared with both July and year earlier levels. However, production remains 3% higher across the bloc in the…
Mick Sloyan, a hugely influential figure in the British pig industry over four decades, has won the prestigious 2018 David Black Award. Mick retired as AHDB strategy director…
NFU president Minette Batters has stressed the need for a comprehensive food strategy which sets out a collaborative vision of the future of food in Britain.…