A new industry-wide survey inviting UK pig producers to report on farm biosecurity has been launched as concerns grow over the spread of ‘transboundary’ diseases such…
Month: March 2026
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in the city of Barcelona for the first time, as the number of confirmed cases in Catalonia grows beyond…
The NPA has urged the government to press ahead with proposed planning reforms that would make it easier for farm businesses to invest and expand. In…
Pilgrim’s Europe has launched a Butchery Academy in an effort to bring fresh talent into the UK meat industry – with the first cohort of trainees…
Weekly pig prices and slaughter data for Great Britain. The UK pig price continues to fall, despite rising prices in Europe. The EU-spec SPP lost a…
Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under control within 12 years. The department recently out proposals…
Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association. Trade comment: Increased interest in straw due to livestock being housed.…
The proportion of British pork products displayed on UK retail shelves in January was at its highest level for a number of years, according to the…
In the early 1970s, there were well over 1,000 red meat abattoirs operating across the UK. By the mid 1990s, that number had fallen to about…
Defra has launched a Call for Information’ from businesses that will be affected by the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) agreement, as negotiations on a deal…