Leading industry figures discussed the true cost of food waste and how to fight it in a dedicated webinar in March How to tackle food waste…
Month: April 2025
The man affectionately dubbed the Godfather of the modern egg industry built his career on an eye for M&As. Michael Barker hears Peter Dean’s story Some…
Charlotte Commins, a veterinarian with Aviagen, has been appointed President of the British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA) for a two-year term. Commins brings with her a…
By James Mottershead, broiler grower and chair, NFU poultry board After a quieter season in 2023/24 on the avian influenza front, the disease is hell-bent on…
RSPCA Assured has today announced the publication of the final iteration of the RSPCA’s welfare standards for laying hens, following ongoing engagement with scheme members and…
Avara Foods has completed the switch to a new agricultural programme across all its supplying broiler farms, reducing the stocking density of birds to 30kg per…
By Hannah Cargill, contract production manager, broilers, Avara Foods Attending the launch of the ‘Food Business Charter’ at the House of Lords was a defining moment…
Edward Calcott, owner and manager of a broiler farm in the midlands, scored a European Production Efficiency Factor (EPEF) of 512, setting a new national record…
By Gary Ford, policy advisor, BFREPA The first quarter of the year has brought a strength of feeling in the farming community not seen before for…
Scottish farm operations manager Alistair McBain has published his Nuffield Farming report ‘From Beans to Bugs – Alternative Proteins to Drive Net Zero Egg Production’, sponsored…