The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer is urging producers to be vigilant, after foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in Slovakia, the third European country to be affected in…
Month: March 2025
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in cattle in Slovakia, close to the Kisbajcs region of Hungary where the virus was detected in early March. Slovakian…
Cranswick has reported strong demand in the fourth quarter of the current financial year and has said it is on track to post healthy profits over…
Sainsbury’s and Cranswick have announced a new 10-year partnership that will include long-term producer contracts and an estimated £50m to support producers in meeting higher standards,…
Pig producers are being urged to start preparing contingency plans for African swine fever (ASF) now, so they will know how to react if their unit…
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected on a large pig farm in Moldova, resulting in the slaughter of tens of thousands of pigs, according to…
US poultry and pork processing plants will be free to operate more quickly, after the Trump administration acted to increase current limits. US secretary of agriculture…
Food security minister Daniel Zeichner has been told that Defra’s decision to close Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications will jeopardise the UK’s ability to produce food…
Sofina Foods Europe, one of the UK’s leading processors of pigs, has announced the strengthening of its leadership team as part of its ‘continued commitment to…
February UK clean pig slaughterings were up 2.6% on February 2024 at 833,000 head, Defra’s latest update shows. The February figure follows a 4.5% year-on-year increase…