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POULTRY keepers are being urged to review and strengthen farm biosecurity following the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Scotland. Defra said the case was confirmed in early October, while avian influenza continues to circulate in wild birds...
The Happy Egg Co is donating £20,000 to breast cancer charities through Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign. Noble Foods’ egg brand has also launched limited-edition pink 10 Mixed Eggs packs in more than 380 Asda stores for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. See also: Ep 62 |...
Tom Woolman and Tom Willings mark World Egg Day with a discussion of poultry catching, animal welfare and the week’s news. The Netherlands’ move towards upright catching prompts a look at what changing practices could mean for UK broiler and egg producers. Tom...
A low-power violet-blue light treatment could offer poultry processors a new way to reduce Campylobacter contamination on chicken carcasses without using chemicals or antibiotics, according to research from the University of Reading. Researchers working with the...
It was a case of wheat costs a little lower, but soya higher during September, leaving formulation costs for poultry rations largely unchanged from the two key feed ingredients. For another month, the ebbs and flows of trading confidence have followed the...
Experienced poultry workers can now gain the City & Guilds Diploma in Work-Based Agriculture (Poultry Production) through a new assessment-only route, without attending additional training. British Poultry Training (BPT) has introduced the “Assessment First Route”...
Poultry producers have been urged to reinforce biosecurity as migrating waterbirds increase the risk of fresh bird-flu incursions into Great Britain. The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s assessment, dated 30 September, raises the risk of highly pathogenic avian...
Retail egg prices are at their lowest level since January, at the end of a summer of slower demand and rising supplies. Latest figures on inflation from the ONS* show that the retail price index (RPI) for eggs was down by 0.5% between July and August, from 318.4 to...
Moy Park increased operating profit by more than a third in 2025 despite processing fewer birds, as customer contract wins and operational changes helped improve performance. The figures come from the consolidated accounts of Moy Park Limited, the UK-focused poultry...
Knowing how your flock compares with other farms is one thing. Understanding why it performs differently — and what to change — is another. Tom Willings and Tom Woolman are joined by Patrick Snodgrass and Iain Campbell from AgriFarm Data to explore how broiler growers...
BRAZIL has moved closer to regaining access to the EU poultry market after European Commission inspectors found its controls on antimicrobial use could meet the bloc’s import requirements. The EU suspended Brazilian poultry imports from 3 September after the country...
Waitrose has said all of its fresh Christmas turkeys will be British and free range this year, in what it describes as a first for a UK supermarket. The retailer said the move would apply across its fresh festive turkey range and builds on its supply relationship with...