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DEFRA has “signalled its intent” by failing to protect British egg production in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the BEIC’s Mark Williams. Whatever the likelihood of Britain leaving Europe without an agreement in place, he says the decision not to impose...
A JUDGE in the US state of Delaware has ruled that executives of Brazilian agri-giant JBS and its subsidiary Pilgrim's Pride will face trial over the acquisition of Moy Park in 2017. Minority shareholders in Pilgrim's Pride have sued the company's controlling...
Ration costs have fallen to their lowest point for 12 months, relieving some of the pressure on producers. Soyameal has fallen progressively during the first quarter of the year, while feed wheat dropped back suddenly in March after initially climbing in the...
RUSSIAN turkey producer Damate is to develop a Kosher and halal turkey production facility with a capacity of 70,000t/year. The new facility will cost 2.2bn rubles (US$34m) and is scheduled to be operational by 2021, the company said. Damate said it was meeting...
The TOP nine retailers in the UK have published their latest campylobacter figures for whole birds tested between October-December 2018. The latest figures show that, of the major retailers, 3.1% tested positive for the highest levels of contamination (more than 1,000...
A NEW Change.org petition has attracted more than two hundred thousand signatories calling on Tesco to sign up to the broiler ‘ask’. It is not far in numbers from the petition that convinced Tesco to end the sale of eggs from enriched colonies, which closed with...
BFREPA chairman James Baxter has written to 50 celebrity chefs asking them to help "end Britain's obsession with large eggs". It forms part of a broader Bfrepa campaign to redress the balance in egg weights, with retailers, recipes and celebrity chefs often asking for...
Broiler producers in the Netherlands cut antibiotics use by a further 3% in 2018, new data reveals. The use of antibiotics in broiler birds wwas 9.9DDA (Defined Daily Dose Animals). The DDA is the measure used by the Dutch and refers to the number of days an animal is...
THE European Bank For Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which is partly owned by the EU, is to help fund poultry integrator MHP's purchase of Perutnina Ptuj. The loan, according to the EBRD, will “support MHP Group’s strategy to expand its operations in the EU...
PRESSURE to end beak treatment in Germany for all poultry species - not just laying hens - is leaving its turkey sector scrambling for a solution to high mortality caused by feather pecking. Germany changed its constitutional law in 2002, making animal welfare a far...
WAITROSE has said it will source only slower-growing breeds of bird and reduce stocking densities on its broiler farms by 2026. The supermarket said it was already undergoing trials with Moy Park, its "long-term poultry supplier and research partner". It follows Marks...
THE UNITED STATES has given its strongest indication yet that it expects to export agricultural produce to the UK as part of a new trade deal. It has published a summary of its negotiating objectives for a trade agreement with the UK once it has left Europe. $230bn...