Farmers are being urged to take part in a Defra-funded survey on the Payment-by-Results scheme, which will provide funding to producers for animal welfare improvements. ADAS and Defra…
Month: June 2022
Despite the obvious excellent barbecue opportunities encouraged by the current warm spell, demand was surprisingly subdued from many of the majors last, according to Thames Valley…
Although it was good to see the latest SPP rise by 2.53p to stand at a new record high of 183.10p, a glance at the other…
Ahead of Tesco’s AGM today, pig farmers are questioning whether the extra money pledged by the UK’s biggest retailer will get to them. Tesco, which posted…
The newly elected president of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), Ian Bentley, has identified a ‘hit list’ of pressures needing to be addressed in the coming months, even…
Zoe Davies has been awarded a Lifetime Fellowship of the NPA, ahead of her departure from the organisation next month. Zoe will leave the after 14…
Cull sow prices are falling rapidly due to an over-supplied EU market, as rising finished pig prices are still no match for record costs. The news…
The extent to which pork production has been pared back on the back of multiple crises over the past 12 months has been laid bare in…
The Government has promised to take steps to tackle labour issues in the food supply chain, as part of its new Food Strategy. The long-awaited strategy…
African swine fever (ASF) has been found in domestic pigs in Italy for the first time, delivering a major blow to the country’s pork sector. Two cases…