Farmers could face greater variation in the nutritional value of home-grown and purchased cereals this season, making regular raw material analysis increasingly important, according to Premier…
Month: September 2026
Poultry processors are being urged to review their foreign body detection systems, with X-ray technology offering protection against contaminants that may be missed by metal detectors.…
By Richard Griffiths, chief executive, British Poultry Council The high poultry mortality associated with the exceptional temperatures of July 2022 was a serious event and a…
By Nick Allen, chief executive, British Egg Industry Council There are few things more important to the egg industry than consumer confidence. That is why the…
The death has been announced of Dr James (Jim) McKay, a formidable scientist who, over nearly five decades, made a substantial and lasting contribution to the…
dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health has launched Hy-D Poultry Tablets, an effervescent vitamin D₃ product administered through drinking water. The tablets are intended for use during…
Avara has announced plans to invest more than £100m over the next three years to upgrade facilities and improve technology across its supply chain. Avara said…
Pilgrim’s Europe has completed a £6 million renovation of its Potton Farm in Cambridgeshire, which it said was a major investment in its UK poultry operations.…
By Hannah Cargill, contract production manager, Avara Foods The last couple of weeks have involved a lot of thinking about heat. And catching. And humidity. And…
France’s foie gras sector has suffered a setback after highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed on a duck farm in western France. More than 7,600 Mulard…