The Government has unveiled plans to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening at the start of what it said was a ‘renewed…
Year: 2020
More than 95% of farmers in England received their 2020 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money on the first day of the payment window, the Rural Payments…
The UK veterinary profession is facing a tough future with Covid, Brexit, and exotic disease all taking their toll, according to a new report from the…
Teleri Evans, a Ceredigion young farmer, has been named as winner of the Menter Moch Cymru & Wales YFC Pig Finishing Initiative 2020. Evans, who is a…
Estimated net margins for GB pig producers dropped back to 8p/kg deadweight, or £7/head, in the third quarter of 2020 and are now likely to be…
Scotch eggs have apparently been added to the list of substantial meals with which alcohol can be purchased at pubs and restaurants in areas under tier-two…
Last week proved to be another challenging one with kill capacities still below the norm, and little opportunity to process the typical throughputs for this time…
Defra Secretary George Eustice has outlined plans for what he described as a ‘better, fairer farming system in England’. The seven-year transition towards a radically different…
As the festive (?) season approaches, very much a case of ‘no room at the inn’ is emerging across pig markets throughout Europe and beyond. UK…
The next British Pig & Poultry Fair will take place in May 2022, rather than May 2021 as had been provisionally planned. Following the cancellation of…