Challenges to carcase classification by members of the beef and lamb industry have sparked calls for views on the system by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
An advert that criticised dairy practices as ‘inhumane’ has escaped being banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), despite complaints from workers in the dairy industry.
Dairy farmers are set to lose more on the value of their milk in 2016/17 than in the previous 12 months, despite recent positive moves from processors to raise prices, an accountancy firm has revealed.
Dairy processor Müller has announced a 1.5ppl rise to its milk prices from November 1, up to 20.95ppl, after news emerged that there will be 40% fewer dairy farms in Western Europe within 10 years.
Buckinghamshire yogurt maker Tims Dairy has increased its production to 200t a week with the aid of new end-of-line handling systems supplied by UPM Conveyors.
Heavier beef carcases intended to deliver leaner meat yields and attract premium prices for livestock producers could end up incurring additional penalties if processors reduce their maximum weight limits, a new study has suggested.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has ditched its original Freedom Food logo in a bid to attract more food businesses and consumers, the charity has revealed.
ABP Food Group is partnering an animal genetics firm, Genus, to deliver more sustainable and higher quality meat to consumers internationally, boosting value sales.
Flatulent cows sparked an explosion in a farm shed at Rasdorf in Germany, according to a report published by international news agency Reuters, indicating some of the risks inherent in dairy farming.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has again been accused of “bullying and hypocrisy”, after Freedom Food – its wholly owned subsidiary – wrote to farmers in the new badger cull areas, warning those who allowed the cull...
Food manufacturers will have to wait until the results of a government survey are published this summer to discover if the Schmallenberg livestock disease is likely to cut beef and lamb supplies and push up prices.
Chr Hansen, the international distributor of Neogen Corporation's dairy antibiotic tests, is now marketing TetraStar, the quickest test available for tetracycline antibiotic residues in milk.
Belgium cutting equipment specialist FAM has launched a new mid-size slicing machine to join its popular range of flexible dicers.The Mantis is said...
