Trainee butchers in Scotland have been learning how to create quality meat products through the Scotch Butchers Club, run by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). QMS partnered…
Month: April 2024
The latest AHDB Porkwatch survey shows the leading UK retailers stocked a lower proportion of British bacon and ham in March than a year ago, while…
Pig farms’ performance in delivering a low environmental impact and high welfare cannot be predicted by their system of production and is not reflected in current…
Clean pig slaughterings in March were 10% down on a year ago, the latest official Defra UK slaughter figures show. A total 805,000 clean pigs were…
Tesco has become the latest UK retailer to launch a ‘Best of British’ section on its website, making it easier, it said, for its customers to…
AB Agri has announced a new managing director to lead its specialist neonate nutrition business, AB Neo, as well as a new Senior Pig Specialist for…
AHDB has appointed Richard Hampton, a former managing director of the Organic Milk Suppliers Co-Operative (Omsco), as its new International Trade Development Director. Mr Hampton will…
The BBC Farming Today programme explored the pros and cons of flexible farrowing systems at Bishop Burton college, in the second part of its ‘Pig Week’.…
The April 2024 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, features and comments:
A communications campaign is to be launched to ensure people living in and around or visiting the Forest of Dean understand the dangers posed by wild…