An independent review of labour shortages in the food chain has called on Government to expand the migrant worker skilled worker route, a move the industry…
Month: June 2023
There is still to get your entry in to the National Pig Awards – but only just. The awards are now into their tenth year and…
Data showing pig meat imports to the UK detail that, of the 25,300 tonnes imported in April, 60% (15,300) was boneless product, indicating a continued use of butchery…
Roadhogs Recruitment, the UK’s only specialist pig farming recruiter, has appointed Simon Withers as its new general manager. With decades of experience in the agricultural sector,…
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has launched a new five-year strategy to ‘make Scotland the choice for premium red meat across the world’. The strategy was launched…
Just days after African swine fever was confirmed for the first time in Bosnia-Herzegovina, neighbouring Croatia has become the latest country to report its first case…
Producers and vets have been reminded of a new post-Brexit veterinary requirement that will affect non-assured producers from December. From December 13, 2023, UK producers sending…
African Swine Fever virus has been confirmed in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the first time. The virus was confirmed on June 22 in one pig on a farm…
Chinese pork imports, including offal, were 20% up year-on-year, at 663,200 tonnes, during the first four months of 2023. However, imports volumes remain significantly below volumes for…
Continuing growth in global meat and dairy consumption presents an opportunity that UK food businesses must build on, according to the head of AHDB.  UK…