UK pigmeat trade, both ways, over the first nine months of 2024 is now broadly in line with the same period in 2023, as domestic supplies…
Month: December 2024
A pioneering environmental baselining pilot for agriculture is getting underway this month, with 170 farms from across Great Britain taking part. The project, launched by AHDB,…
The NPA’s desire to be on the front foot with any forthcoming reforms to indoor farrowing system was high on the agenda when the NPA’s Pig…
An estimated 600 tractors, at least, descended on Westminster on Wednesday in a hugely impressive protest against the Autumn Budget’s impact on farming. The organisers, including…
Having performed the extraordinary feat of 1,000 press-ups every day in January, pig industry veteran Richard Longthorp has set out his next January press-ups challenge, and…
With skills and labour shortages in the sector still hitting farm businesses, the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) is encouraging those effected to take advantage…
AHDB plays a pivotal role in driving the export of British agri-food products, including red meat, to international markets. By identifying emerging opportunities, securing market access…
Pilgrim’s Europe is ‘putting its money where its mouth is’ and investing in the long-term future of British pig production. The company, which acquired Tulip’s struggling…
The impact on wage bills of changes announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget could cost the meat sector an extra £150m to £160m a year,…
Earlier this year, Shedden Farms in Shipton, North Yorkshire, participated in an unprecedented environmental baseline assessment, spanning 685 farms across 238,000ha of UK farmland. Hugh Shedden,…