The Department of International Trade and Defra have launched a new eight-point plan intended to help the food and farming industry ‘bounce back’ from the impact…
Year: 2020
In horse racing terms, pig prices have remained generally stable, but price wise, the stable door seems to be bolted with very little sign of any…
Despite reports of difficulties, UK fresh/frozen pork exports remained strong in April, with shipments up 2% on the year at 20,500 tonnes. This was a smaller…
West Country sausage-maker, Westaways says it has become the first meat producer to use packaging that is so eco-friendly you can stash it in your compost heap…
Hundreds of thousands of pigs have been culled by Nigerian farmers in response to an explosion of African swine fever (ASF), according to reports in The…
A Tönnies abattoir in northwestern Germany has been forced to close after 657 people tested positive for COVID-19. The local authorities shut down the Rheda-Wiedenbrück meat processing plant,…
An article in the Financial Times, initiated by the NPA, has generated huge interest around a US trade deal and the potential implications for unfair import…
The FAO has forecast production decline and increasing international trade in pork in its latest global Food Outlook for 2020. Food markets are expected to face many more…
More than one million people have now signed the NFU’s petition urging government to ensure future trade deals do not lead to an increase in food imports that would…
Brazilian company JBS ha revealed the impact of the $368 million USD it invested in global sustainability initiatives in 2019. JBS, which owns Pilgrim’s Pride, which,…