Dutch and Mexican scientists are about to begin studying how efficiently algae can extract nutrients from the residual water with the prospect of securing significant production…
Month: April 2016
European farmers and agri-cooperatives are promising to unveil new initiatives later this month to encourage healthy eating habits at an early age and to bring consumers…
The breeding company, Aviagen, has extended its best practice series of customer booklets to include breeder, broiler and hatchery topics. Designed to communicate best practice management…
The planned takeover of the Swedish poultry firm, Lagerbergs, by Finland’s meat processing giant, Atria, has secured the approval of the competition and consumer authorities in…
Urgent reassurance is needed concerning the government’s decision to revoke its farm animal welfare codes says the British Veterinary Association (BVA). Commenting on Defra’s decision to…
The UK’s farming unions are to press for more rapid progress to secure an involvement by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in agriculture, a measure which…
Six years after a UK egg production company was fined £3 million for being involved in “significant mislabelling issues”, a new food crime report has revealed…
Six Harper Adams University students are set to take one-year paid placement jobs with the food company, Faccenda, under the British Poultry Council Scholarships scheme. All…
The responsible sourcing of raw materials and alternative proteins has “stepped up a gear” over the past couple of years and is now likely to start…
Industry stakeholders have until May 1 to respond to a public consultation being run by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) looking at the safety of eating…