With England moving further into the knockout rounds of the World Cup and facing Sweden on Saturday, this year’s barbecue explosion is set to continue and…
Year: 2018
Red Tractor pig producers are being urged to check they have uploaded their antibiotic data for the first quarter of 2018, even if they have not…
How AHDB Strategic Farm participant David Goodier is aiming to build on two successful years in the programme Analysing herd data to better understand performance trends…
This has been a slightly surreal week, with an enormous challenge to the industry creeping in, writes Annie Davis. While we have diligently been watching the…
I had a worst-case scenario running through my head before Open Farm Sunday. It was that I would be woken early that morning by a phone…
Defra has outlined its position on tail docking, as pig producers increasingly find themselves being penalised for the practice. Routine tail docking has been flagged up…
2017 was a successful year for Irish pig farmers as pig prices peaked at €1.70/kg at the height of last summer, writes Shane McAuliffe (pictured). Unfortunately the…
Cranswick has launched a new initiative to reduce food waste and tackle food poverty in Hull. In an industry first, the fresh food manufacturer has announced…
After 40 years with the Meat and Livestock Commission, BPEX and AHDB, ‘industry icon’ Mick Sloyan retired at the end of June. Alistair Driver met him to…
I sometimes get a bit of ribbing for my globetrotting activities. The truth is that I had hardly been anywhere until I reached my 30s, at…