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UK meat firms’ visit to Hong Kong a success
A trade mission by British firms to a huge show in Hong Kong proved a great success. EBLEX and BPEX joined forces with UK Trade and Investment to take 18 red meat firms to HOFEX. They were part of a 41 strong UK contingent – the largest number mission ever to Hong Kong. The 18 firms covered everythi...
UK turkey producer tastes further success
UK turkey producer, Kelly Turkeys, has won the Taste of Excellence Award at the Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards at the London Marriott County Hall by the River Thames for its product, the KellyBronze turkey. Commenting on the second successful event for Kelly Turkeys at the awards, the judges stated:...
ID Projects technology in UK game bird hatchery
Hatchery automation supplier iD Projects, has been chosen as the technology provider for one of the UK’s leading game bird hatcheries and game farms, Bettws Hall. ID candling, transfer and counting solutions have been installed at Bettws Hall’s site in Powys, mid Wales, where more than half a millio...
UK scientist develop new 'super' wheat breed
Cambridge scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity by 30% offering greater yields. This new wheat has been bred from a wild grass species. The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) in based in Cambridge, has recreated the original rare c...
Hermitage Seaborough boosts UK pig industry
Hermitage Seaborough has invested in a new AI facility in the UK. The site is located in Cambridge, near major roads and Stansted airport, allowing easy transport of semen to all over the UK. The facility is also EU licenced for global exports. Good news has been somewhat lacking of late in the UK, ...
EU retailers pledge support for Brazilian non-GMO soy
Today (8 May 2013) major European retailers from five countries, including Germany’s REWE Group, EDEKA and LIDL have released the Brussels Soy Declaration in which they have pledged support for the non-GMO soy production system of Brazil. In response to this declaration, Augusto Freire, President of...
UK: New faces for BPEX board
Two new members have joined the board of BPEX, one from the processing side of the industry while the other is a producer. Rob Mercer studied Agriculture at Newcastle University before returning home to the family business to work with his father and brother.It is a mixed farming business based ...
Poultry considered 'best value food' for UK consumers
Over the last two decades poultry prices have risen at the slowest rate of 35 different food categories, and have increased at only half their average rate, new analysis by the British Poultry Council (BPC) shows. To mark the retirement of Chief Executive Peter Bradnock, who has spent 20 years in th...
UK livestock producers urged to plan future feed supply
Livestock producers are urged to start planning now to secure their straw supply and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has launched a new web page to help. The page provides information for livestock producers on sourcing straw and managing storage to reduce waste.BPEX enviro...
UK: Consumer perception on pig welfare feared
Pig producers need to embrace the latest science and technology available to them if the industry is to pull itself out of its current financial difficulties and thrive. Stuart Bosworth, who runs a 270-sow indoor pig unit in Willingale, Essex, said fears over consumer perception to welfare were prev...
