Shane McAuliffe’s family produces 50,000 pigs per year for the Truly Irish brand. He is secretary of the Irish Pig Health Society, secretary of the Irish…
Year: 2020
Liam Byrne is AHDB’s head of meat marketing Our third instalment of the £2.5 million ‘changing perceptions of pork’ consumer campaign is working hard to cut…
Cull sow prices in major EU markets have reached the highest levels since records began in 2014. Throughout 2019, prices increased by around 75% and they have…
We are finally out of the EU, and in the short-term little has changed. But, following publication of the revised Agriculture Bill, Alistair Driver looks at…
The NPA has called for more ‘outcome-focused’ approach to environmental policy to replace the current ‘inflexible’ system. In the NPA’s response to the Government’s review of…
Tulip has invested £20,000 of its Apprenticeship Levy to support two farming apprentices at Hart Farm, in Norfolk. The funding will support the training for two…
The Agriculture Bill has made it to the next stage of the legislative process, after MPs rejected an amendment on import standards from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.…
Boris Johnson has insisted the UK will not ‘engage in some cut-throat race to the bottom’ when it comes to post-Brexit trade deals. But as he…
Media watchdog Ofcom has revealed it is still weighing up whether to launch a formal investigation into the controversial Channel 4 programme ‘How to Steal Pigs and…
The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance has welcomed new advice from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on the risk categorisation of antibiotics for use…