New analysis from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) revealed that the English red meat sector delivered around £5.5 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA)…
Month: August 2025
Vicky and Rachel Morgan, from the well-known East Yorkshire pig farming family, are embarking on a gruelling endurance challenge to support a young sufferer from Duchenne…
Food security minister Daniel Zeichner will today discuss with major food businesses the government’s new sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement with the EU that will cut…
Latest figures from HMRC show that in the first six months of this year, UK red meat exports, including offal, were worth £966 million. Jonathan Eckley,…
Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain. The EU-spec SPP bounced back again, gaining 0.33p to stand at 207.94p/kg, during the week ended August…
Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association. Trade comment: Spring barley is proving better than expected and, although…
Defra has updated its July average carcase weight figures and, in turn its monthly UK pigmeat production figure. Last week, we reported that July UK pigmeat…
Emily Hughes has been appointed field service manager for Zoetis covering both the pig and poultry sectors. Over the past nine years Ms Hughes has gained…
Red Tractor is celebrating 25 years since its launch with a new TV advertisement that spotlights the role of assurance in putting safe, traceable and responsibly…
Chiew Choon Man, the Sarawakian MP, has highlighted various obstacles hindering pig farmers from adopting modern pig farming, as the industry continues to struggle with African…