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…
Month: March 2026
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…
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…
Former MP Jo Churchill has been appointed as the next chair of the NPA, replacing Norfolk pig farmer Rob Mutimer, who steps down after five years…
Some of the UK’s leading pig veterinary practices set out what they see as the biggest pig health challenges on farms today and offer key advice…
Detailed research carried out at the National Pig Centre (NPC), in Leeds, has shown that temporary crating of sows can improve piglet survival to weaning, in…
Products imported to the UK from a company at the centre of an African swine fever (ASF) scandal in Vietnam have been removed from sale by…
On Monday, December 1, 2025, AHDB started a new chapter when our bureau team proudly stepped forward with a fresh identity: the customer services team. The…