The British Meat Processors Association (BPMA) has said that the proposed new Plastic Packaging Tax could see meat companies paying considerably more for packaging that contains less than 30%…
Month: August 2020
Scottish Pig Producers have appointed Roderic Bruce as their new Chair at their last Board meeting. Mr Bruce farms near Ellon and takes over from Patrick…
Goldsboro Milling, the parent company of Maxwell Foods, announced that it will soon be permanently closing its hog production operations citing ‘projected financial losses.’ After more…
A meat processing plant in Belgium and a slaughterhouse in Denmark are the latest to put a stop to operations following outbreaks of Covid-19 among workers, joining…
The number of outbreaks of African swine fever in domestic pigs in Eastern Europe has continued to increase according to the latest report from the Department…
This week’s [beginning 9 August] Pig Marketing Summary, from Thames Valley Cambac, reported that factory reliability was fairly poor, as major breakdowns caused pigs to be rolled into…
The USDA has released its latest view on world markets and trade for livestock. 2020 forecast global pork production has been raised by 2% to 96 million…
Although the EU average price of 133p/kg in Sterling terms has held at similar levels, the SPP took a significant downward turn shedding 5p and now…
Almost a third of staff working for Brady’s Ham plant in Timahoe, Co Kildare, after an outbreak of Covid-19 infected at least 80 employees, with tests being…
After initial declines at the start of lockdown the takeaway market has returned to, and in the first 2 weeks of July exceeded, its pre-COVID high,…