AHDB has have secured a number of 12-month licences for pig farmers to access the advanced Biocheck tool – a biosecurity ...

In doing so, it will need to weigh up the value of the sheer weight of numbers, when it comes to responses, versus some of ...

Pig farmers will be able to claim grants of up to £25,000 to increase slurry storage, under the next round of the £150 ...

With barbecue season and a heatwave just around the corner, Pilgrim’s Europe, one of Europe’s largest food companies, is set ...

Lord Rooker, who led the amendments, highlighted the Dover visit. “This is happening in real time: we are debating it, and ...

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, whichwill start beco ...

The latest increase means the price index has increased for six of the past seven weeks, gaining 2p in the process. It is now nearly 2p above where it started 2025 and 3p below where it stood a year ...

The government has issued a firm pledge to protect UK food under future trade deals. In its Trade Strategy, published last week, the government said it would ‘continue to uphold the UK’s product ...

Activities like herding should ideally be done in the cooler hours of the day. If farmers are herding or transporting animals ...

Sofina Foods has confirm the acquisition of Finnebrogue, a family-owned manufacturing business, based in County Down, ...

Environment Agency (EA) farm inspections are set to increase by around 50% on the way to reaching a record 6,000 a year by 2029. A total of 4,545 farm inspections last year and, in 2024/25, 6,242 ...

You can nominate now for the 2025 David Black Award, which recognises ‘game-changing contributions’ to the pig sector over ...