Soanes Poultry has received Great Taste Awards for four of its products. The firm's Red Tractor-assured Grain Fed and Free-Range whole chickens won a one-star award, as did Grain Fed Chicken Supremes and Drumsticks after going through rounds of blind-taste testing....
2 Sisters reports sales growth but pre-tax losses
2 SISTERS Food Group has recorded sales growth in its latest financial results, but a pre-tax loss of £93m. In the 52 weeks to 30 July, turnover was £1.425bn, up from £1.407bn in the same period a year earlier. See also: Three ways slower-grown poultry might reduce...
Firm announces plans to buy 1.6m tonnes of poultry litter a year from the Wye Valley catchment
A GREENTECH firm has announced an intention to build 16 pyrolysis hubs that will buy poultry manure from farms in the Wye Valley catchment area. Onnu, the firm behind the initiative, says once all 16 hubs are operational, it would provide poultry farmers in the area...
£1m collaboration set to develop modular insect farm
A PROJECT is underway to develop a fully modular insect farm to create a sustainable protein source on a commercial scale. Harper Adams University, agri-tech firm Flybox and a Buckinghamshire egg farm will collaborate to develop the project. See also: Poultry.Network...
New app to streamline RSPCA Assured assessments
RSPCA Assured has developed an app which streamline how the farm assurance scheme carries out on-farm assessments. The 25 full-time assessors who visit RSPCA Assured certified members across the UK will use the app to ensure they're meeting higher welfare standards....
Opinion: Data analysis is essential to optimise your egg farm business
Tom Willings of Eggbase shares his views on the way technology is transforming flock management and how permissioned sharing of data can help producers optimise their business. The agri-food sector in the UK is in a pressure cooker. Do more with less, for less. It...
Moy Park team raises £118,000 for Alzheimers Society
MOY PARK has marked the end of its charity partnership with the Alzheimer's Society following a two-year fundraising period. Teams from Moy Park sites across NI and GB have been raising funds and awareness of the charity since the partnership began in March 2021. See...
US approves sale of chicken-derived lab-grown ‘meat’
THE United States has approved the sale of laboratory-grown meat using chicken cells produced by two Californian companies. Both Upside Foods and Good Meat have won approval from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration...
Avara Foods rolls carbon footprint reporting across more of its farming base
AVARA FOODS has said it will roll out carbon footprint reporting to more of its farming base. The integrator began sampling about 30% of its chicken supply chain to establish a 2021 farm carbon footprint. See also: Gulls present new avian influenza threat after 300...
Josie Troop joins Elanco UK monogastric team
ELANCO has appointed Josie Troop as a new strategic account manager. Having previously worked at 2 Sisters Food Group and holding experience in a food buying role for Prestige Hampers, Elanco said Ms Troop brought "knowledge from across the supply chain". See also:...
New avian influenza alert app launched by Livetec
LIVETEC has launched a mobile app that it says will give farmers, smallholders and backyard poultry keepers insights into avian influenza outbreaks across the UK. The new app, which is free to download, allows users to input the location of their poultry flocks and...
Report highlights importance of coccidiosis control in summer months
ELANCO has released its latest Health Tracking System (HTSi) report which highlights a peak in coccidiosis detection in broilers in the summer months. The survey, which covers 5,244 post-mortem bird examinations from 743 broiler houses on 314 UK farms, found an...