Some important revisions and clarifications on guidance have been made to the Red Tractor Pig Farm standards. Transport of assured pigs A revision has been made…
Year: 2018
The window for NPA election nominations closes today, with 27 candidates confirmed so far. So far, 14 nominations have been received for the Allied Industry Group (AIG)…
Britain’s pig producers will need to become even more productive in the future to compete with the rest of Europe, despite making good recent progress, according…
A butcher appeared in court before Christmas charged with placing fake adverts in local papers and selling mislabelled meat. Simon Drust, 49, owner of The Meat…
A distinct chill in the air as far as pig prices are concerned with the SPP easing back another 0.62p to stand at 149.78p, which is…
With just three days to go until nominations close, there are now 26 candidates for the NPA elections. There are 13 confirmed candidates for both the…
The NPA has welcome a speech by Defra Secretary Michael Gove during which he confirmed farm spending would be focused on public goods in the future.…
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed the UK will adopt a fundamentally different support system after we leave the EU. There will be a transitional period,…
Red Tractor Assured farmers can continue to buy professional rodenticides without taking part in a stewardship training course. The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) has…
A leading wholesaler has apologised to a Suffolk farmer’s wife after she exposed a clear case of misleading labelling. Joyce Cooper was shopping for a large…