The NFU has hailed the introduction of the Agriculture Act as a ‘landmark moment’ for post-Brexit farming, marking more than two years of campaigning to improve…
Month: November 2020
Trees planted on poultry farms in Cumbria are providing benefits for biodiversity, new research for the Woodland Trust has shown. The trees had originally been planted on ranges owned by or…
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published its annual report on injury and ill health in the agriculture sector for 2019/2020. It shows that the…
The FSA is issuing precautionary advice to consumers who have purchased specific batches of British Lion eggs which may be contaminated with salmonella. Egg producer LJ…
A case of avian influenza H5N8 (pathogenicity yet to be determined) in broiler breeder chickens near Leominster in Herefordshire was confirmed on 11 November 2020. The…
Moy Park together with Queen’s University Belfast and JF McKenna, has been successful in attracting funding from Innovate UK to develop a £250,000 ‘Ideal Home’ poultry…
By Charles Bourns, poultry farmer and chair, eggs & poultry working group, Copa-Cogeca At last some good news in these difficult times. I have had the…
Gafoor Pure Halal has recorded a increase in full year sales and profits in its newly published latest strategic report, which covers the year ending 30…
After a remarkable 50 years of service devoted to the poultry sector, Josie Arman will retire at the end of 2020. Retiring in December as Internal…
Some 50 cases of COVID-19 have been reported at Moy Park poultry facility in Anwick, Lincolnshire. Dr Jharna Kumbang, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Public Health…