AHDB’s Meat Education Programme has now awarded over 10,000 certificates after a surge in popularity last year, due to Covid-19 restrictions enabling more learners to commit more…
Year: 2021
NPA vice chairman Rob Mutimer and chief executive Zoe Davies have highlighted the problems the industry is currently facing in exporting products on regional news. There has…
The NPA will elect a new chairman in March, after Richard Lister, who has held the post for the past six years, announced he would not…
UK pork processors are experiencing significant issues in exporting products to the EU, which has already brought part of the industry to a complete standstill, the…
An impressive 31Â people from across the pig sector have put their names forward for election to the NPA’s Pig Industry Group (PIG), ahead of voting later…
Pig producers sending finished pigs to abattoirs are being urged to ensure they demonstrate their pigs have been kept under controlled housing conditions (CHC) and to…
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…
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…