Christmas 2022 saw consumers turn their backs on turkey in favour of alternative meats, with gammon sales soaring, according to data released by Pilgrim’s UK. The…
Month: January 2023
Supermarket, Lidl GB, has announced a £4bn investment package to support businesses in the British food industry. In 2019, the discounter shared a five-year plan to…
Six UK red meat exporters will join AHDB at the Annual Meat Conference in Texas, US, in March 2023. The aim of the trip is to…
Pig producers are reminded that today is the last chance to apply for Slurry Infrastructure grants. The first stage of the application process is an online checker. You…
Pig numbers remain tight as we approach the second month of 2023, and with the SPP lifting another 0.67p/kg, the upward trend is set to continue,…
The SPP continues on its upward track rising by 0.67p and now stands at 202.53p. European prices have remained at the same level for several weeks…
Defra Secretary Thérèse Coffey has set out detailed plans for the Sustainable Farming Incentive, a key part of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes. The scheme will…
Cranswick, the British food products supplier, has teamed up with biodiversity firm AgriSound to install in-field insect sensor devices at its pig farms in Norfolk and…
Global pork giant Danish Crown has announced the closure of a major pork plant in Germany, in response to falling pig production in what has traditionally…
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have confirmed that a wild boar found in northern Greece had contracted African swine fever.  Measures to prevent and…