The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Insititute (RABI) has launched its most ambitious ever survey in England and Wales, with a target of achieving 26,000 responses from people across the farming…
Month: January 2021
The average income for pig farmers in England was up by £8,100 on the previous year according Defra’s latest set of Farm Business Income accounts. The new figures,…
Applications for 2022 Nuffield Farming Scholarships will open on Wednesday 13 January 2021 on the Trust’s website, www.NuffieldScholar.org, and remain open until the 31 July deadline. Those working…
Staff absenteeism due to COVID-19 continues to be a big problem for processors and hauliers, resulting on ongoing disruption, according to Thames Valley Cambac. “The backlog…
With sheep prices going through the roof and a very firm demand for cattle, it is a crying shame that pig prices seem unable to follow…
Ladies in Pigs (LIPs), who have been tirelessly promoting British pork for nearly three decades, are rebranding all aspects of the business. After taking ownership of…
Delays in checking products at Calais are already causing problems for pork exports, according to the NPA.  The NPA has reported that, while there currently appear to…
The start of 2021 heralded a new era as the UK formally departed the EU Single Market and Customs Union, with significant implications for the pig…
Azelis, a distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, has announced the signing of a partnership with chemical company Perstorp, which specialises in chemicals and feed…
Defra Secretary George Eustice has launched a consultation today on changing the laws in England to allow gene editing research to be used to produce beneficial crops…