Sofina Foods has confirmed the acquisition of Finnebrogue, a family-owned manufacturing business, based in County Down, Northern Ireland. Established in 1991, Finnebrogue employs around 1,200 people…
Month: June 2025
Environment Agency (EA) farm inspections are set to increase by around 50% on the way to reaching a record 6,000 a year by 2029. A total…
From today, June 26, livestock farmers in England can access funded vet visits for multiple herds or flocks belonging to the same farming business, helping to…
An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in a brand new part of Germany has been linked to an outbreak in the Italian…
The NPA has used a ministerial roundtable event to call for reforms to the planning system to enable the UK pig sector to produce more and…
The government has announced a £1 billion investment in a new National Biosecurity Centre at Weybridge, in Surrey, to bolster the UK’s disease defences and help…
AHDB’s pork marketing campaign has helped to reinvigorate the public perception of pork and reaching audiences who might have overlooked it, particularly the younger generation, research…
Pig producers are being urged to strengthen their contingency planning against African swine fever (ASF) by attending one of 13 specialist workshops running throughout 2025. Organised…
There will be a greater onus on farmers to justify autumn slurry spreading, after Defra published revised guidance for the Environment Agency (EA) on the Farming…
Just Farmers is looking to recruit pig farmers to take part in fully-funded Media Education workshops this autumn. Just Farmers, set up in 2018 by freelance journalist…