10 leading UK retailers have now publicly expressed over the impact on farmers of the government proposed chages to inheritance tax, outlined in the Autumn Budget. …
Month: January 2025
The volume of pigmeat sold by UK retailers declined by more than 2% during 2024, but overall spend increased slightly due to higher prices, the latest…
Plans to maximise the potential of red meat exports to Europe are being stepped with the continued roll-out of Quality Meat from Britain. Underpinned by a…
Cranswick is continuing its relentless drive for growth, with the acquisition of one of the biggest names in the UK pig sector – JSR Genetics. In…
The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has called on the government to take further steps to keep foot-and-mouth disease out of the country, including a blanket…
December UK clean pig slaughterings were up 10% year on year, at 852,000 head, with pigmeat production, at 77,000 tonnes, 8.9% higher, Defra’s latest monthly slaughter…
The first UK-wide review of farm assurance has called for fundamental changes in how assurance operates, including a reduction and simplification of on-farm audits and a…
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has raised the risk level for the incursion of foot-and-mouth disease into the UK to ‘medium’, following the discovery…
Tesco has relaunched and expanded its Tesco Sustainable Pig Group (TSPG), with a new cost of production and market price + pricing mechanism to deliver long-term…
A cross-party group of MPs and peers has urged the government to carry out a review of the UK’s border security measures and to provide a…