The UK government has extended the ban on personal imports to prevent the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD), in response to the spread of…
Month: April 2025
A leading government official in Hungary has told journalists the country has not ruled out a ‘biological attack’ as the possible source of the country’s foot-and-mouth…
Processed animal protein (PAP) should be permitted again in pig and poultry feed, but only with very strict conditions attached, the NPA has told Defra. Defra…
It takes an entire day to feed all the pigs reared in the great outdoors on a farm in Denmark, such is the scale of the…
AHDB said it was committed to working with others in key areas, such as better use of data and the development of industry environmental standards, to…
Ladies in Pigs chairwoman Debbie Wilson provides an update ahead of a busy spring and summer promoting British pork. How is it already 34 years since…
Growing up, Toni Bagguley would occasionally join her father at the weekends on farm, sitting in the tractor while he fed the pigs, but the plan…
Following the success of the YNPA regional meetings in 2024, my co-chairman Lee Thompson and I brought them back for another year. As a sector, we…
Defra has offered funding to enable checks for illegal meat imports to continue at Dover, but it is not enough to protect the livestock sector from…
Former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters has been appointed by Defra secretary Steve Reed to lead a Defra-commissioned review of farm profitability. In the role, the…