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AHDB has announced that Janet Swadling OBE has agreed to become its interim chief executive. She will take up the role on ...
In 2024/25, 23 farm workers lost their lives on farms across Great Britain, nearly half (48%) of whom were over the age of 65 ...
The interim economic impact assessment, informed by a wide cross section of Northern Ireland farms, found that the proposed phosphorus balance thresholds and the imposition of increased buffer strips ...
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) has called for the Government to end the requirement for veterinary ...
The government’s new framework published earlier this week, known as the ‘Good Food Cycle ’, identifies 10 priority outcomes ...
AHDB will be shedding light on the consumer landscape and retail trends in red meat and dairy at a conference in London, in ...
Having obtained planning permission to build a new compound feed manufacturing facility in the east of the country in 2023, ...
Defra has issued a reminder to the public, as the holiday season gets into full swing, of the strict rules now in place ...
The NPA has called for the government to address current constraints on planning for farmers and the gaping holes in the UK’s ...
More than half (57%) of outdoor producers supported the idea of Red Tractor developing tiered standards and labelling for outdoor pig production. As a result, the assurance body confirned that most of ...
UK clean pig slaughterings increased by 2.7% year-on-year in June to 846,000 head, while June pigmeat production, at 79,000 tonnes, was 2.1% up on June 2024.
Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association. Trade comment: There is a lot of interest in new season straw.