Poultry farmers in the US have been alerted to the danger that distiller’s dried grains (DDGs), derived as a by-product of ethanol production, may act as…
Month: April 2016
Europe’s farm leaders have expressed serious doubts about the EU free trade negotiations with Mercosur, pointing out that 70% of EU poultry meat imports already come…
The leading Nordic chicken-based food products company, Scandi Standard, has acquired a majority shareholding in the Danish organic poultry processor, Sødams Øko Fjerkræslagteri. The acquisition, which…
It is important that issues surrounding the use of antibiotics in farming don’t end up being “exploited as a marketing tool” says the Responsible Use of…
A coalition of 54 institutional investors has launched an “engagement campaign” with ten of the biggest US and UK restaurant chains, to call for an end…
Ten years after starting to focus on antibiotic reduction in poultry, a leading UK veterinary practice says that more than 40% of the medicines it uses…
More work needs to be done to develop the tools required to measure and reduce the environmental footprint of feed and livestock production, according to the…
Wiltshire-based ventilation, heating and control specialists, Hydor, recently helped solve an air quality problem identified by Falkland Islands’ poultry farmer, Allan Steen, coping successfully with some…
The need to “instil public confidence” in the drafting of new animal welfare codes has been highlighted by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in its response…
Cranswick plc has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of CCL Holdings Limited and its 100%-owned subsidiary Crown Chicken Limited (Crown) from the Thacker…