Avara Foods has increased turnover but returned a post-tax loss as the impact of input cost increases, a subdued consumer environment and avian flu damaged the…
Month: February 2023
Waitrose is cutting over 300 prices across a range of own-label lines, but has reiterated its support for farmer suppliers. The retailer announced it is spending…
Suppliers are being urged to give their view on retail relations in the 2023 Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) survey. Direct and indirect suppliers to the 14…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has warned that Northern Ireland’s draft ammonia strategy contains elements of serious concern to farmers. UFU said its committees have scrutinised the…
AB Vista has acquired natural additive Progres from Finnish biosciences company Hankkija. Progres is described as a patented natural resin acids product that improves gut integrity…
RSPCA Assured has launched a new campaign to highlight the importance of hen welfare this Pancake Day. The scheme’s campaign is calling on the public to…
By Matt Donald, pig & poultry producer, north Yorkshire Following a recent depletion of poultry, we started the full clean down. Being all in all out…
Egg producers need more money. Would cost of production contracts help or hinder them? How can egg producers turn their fortunes around? Last summer, many producers…
By Aimee Mahony, chief poultry adviser, NFU As Parliamentary business returned following the Christmas break, I joined members of the NFU Poultry Board in London to…
At the Oxford Farming Conference, delegates heard how insect bioconversion could offer an attractive future solution to the poultry feed problem. Michael Barker reports Insect bioconversion…