Sofina Foods Europe, one of the UK’s biggest pork processors, has unveiled a new initiative to support UK and Irish pig producers respond collectively to the challenges faced on farm.  Through the ...

Con-tented Products has launched a new sunshade designed to provide comfortable respite for hot sows in outdoor paddocks – reducing stress and maintaining productivity in hot temperatures. The company ...

Pilgrim’s Europe has unveiled a new Pork Centre of Excellence at its Bromborough site, the result of a £350,000 investment intended to strengthen product development and accelerate innovation across ...

RSPCA Assured has launched a new radio campaign highlighting its ‘on-the-ground work’ to improve farmed animal welfare, with a focus on its farm assessors. Voiced by a RSPCA Assured farm assessor, the ...

The 2026 round of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) is now open, enabling pig farmers to apply for grants towards a range of useful pig equipment. Under FETF 2026, ...

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled formal proposals outlining how it will target reduced support for regulatory ...

The government has pledged to help farmers ‘maintain overall food production in England to underpin our future food security ...

A new economic analysis by AHDB has highlighted the significant extra costs and disruption that could result from a ban on ...

Defra’s latest update shows UK clean pig slaughterings were up 2.3% on February 2025 at 844,000 head, while carcase weights ...

Pilgrim’s Europe has launched a Butchery Academy in an effort to bring fresh talent into the UK meat industry – with the ...

This took the number of reported outbreaks to date to 38, three of which are defined as ‘primary’ and 35 as ‘secondary’, with ...

The NPA has urged the government to press ahead with proposed planning reforms that would make it easier for farm businesses ...