During the first 12 weeks of lockdown, British shoppers spent an extra £45m at butchers’ shops than in the same period last year, according to the…
Month: July 2020
Although the SPP put on another 0.2p to stand at 165.5p, EU prices are continuing to head south with the influential German producer price slumping to…
Representatives from each of the four UK farming unions will sit on the Government’s new Trade and Agriculture Commission, which will also include people representing retail, consumer, hospitality…
Renewed outbreaks of the fatal African swine fever (ASF) are surging in some parts of southern China following heavy rains according to Reuters, with analysts and…
There is still a week left to get your entry in for the 2020 National Pig Awards! The entry deadline has been extended to Friday, July…
A decision by the German Government to phase out farrowing crates is likely to intensify the UK Government’s desire to do something similar in the UK,…
A group of organisations covering a range of interests linked to farming and animal welfare has written to the Prime Minister calling for legislation to underpin…
The US pig herd has continued to expand, despite the significant challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to the industry AHDB analyst Felicty Rusk reported. As…
The huge Tönnies processing plant, in Germany, that was recently forced to close to a COVID-19 outbreak still has more work to do to convince the…
The Prince of Wales recently visited Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park to highlight the work of RBST-accredited farm parks in the survival of British rare breeds,…