The major UK retailers continued to show steady support for British pigmeat products, according to AHDB’s latest Porkwatch survey. Overall, across the 10 retailers surveyed, the…
Month: December 2025
Industry leaders have welcomed the surprise government announcement that, following concerted lobbying and campaigning, the inheritance tax threshold for farmers will be raised to £2.5m when…
The UK pig breeding herd declined by 3.2% to 316,000 head in the year to June 2025, the lowest figure on record, according to newly-released Defra…
The government has delayed the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax for farmers operating as sole traders for an extra year before they…
Levy payers have ratified one new apoointment and and two second-term appointments to the AHDB Pork Sector Board. Becca Spink has been confirmed as a new…
The government has confirmed plans to ‘move away’ from farrowing crates and ban the use of CO2 in abattoirs, as it unveils its new Animal Welfare…
Payments for both the animal health and welfare review and the endemic disease follow-up in England will increase from January 22. For pigs, the review payment…
Baroness Minette Batters’ independent Farming Profitability Review has called for closer collaboration between farming, industry and government, and greater clarity and certainty for farm businesses looking…
Farming and rural organisations have welcomed government proposals for reforms to the planning system that will make it easier for farmers to expand their businesses and…
Spain’s Central Veterinary Laboratory has confirned a further 10 cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar, taking the total, so far, to 26 wild boar.…