NFU president Tim Bradshaw said farmers will be ‘furious’, after Treasury officials refused to budge on the controversial proposed changes to inheritance tax rules that many…
Month: February 2025
Retail pigmeat volume sales were down in the 12 weeks to January 26, but the value of sales increased slightly on the back of higher prices,…
UK pig farmers are being encouraged to use a microbial bedding conditioner after trials showed its use can help reduce disease and mortality rates in piglets.…
January UK clean pig slaughterings were up 4.5% on January 2024 at 868,000 head, while pigmeat production, at 82,000 tonnes, was 4.6% higher year on year,…
Modest pork production growth is expected in 2025, as political uncertainty casts a shadow over global trade, according to RaboResearch’s latest quarterly pork report. It says…
Port authorities at Larne in Northern Ireland have seized roughly 600kg of illegal meat that originally entered the UK from mainland Europe. Farmers Weekly reports that…
Feral pigs that appeared to have been illegally released in the Cairngorms National Park have been captured and humanely culled, the BBC reports. The animals were…
The first UK-wide review of farm assurance runs close to 200 pages and delivers a detailed assessment of the state of farm assurance schemes in the…
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has written to the Baroness Hayman, the Defra Minister for biosecurity and borders, to request clarity on the department’s…
In November 2024, AHDB announced new ammonia emission factors for Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) were being published on the government website. It was a milestone for…