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Former Co-op managing director Matt Hood has been appointed managing director for commercial and brand development at Boparan Holdings Ltd and Boparan Private Office. Mr Hood will take up the role in January 2027, reporting to president Ranjit Boparan and joining the...
THERE are strong opportunities for egg and poultry producers in the period ahead, but both sectors will have to meet real challenges if they are to benefit from continuing growth. Leading industry figures drew attention to planning problems, imports, bird flu, global...
Brazil has lost access to the EU market for poultry and several other animal products under new antimicrobial rules, increasing pressure on the UK Government to introduce equivalent controls in Great Britain. An EU restriction on Brazilian poultry, beef and other...
Former AB Agri executive Simon Heath has joined Harbro’s leadership team following its acquisition of Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health’s Dalton business in North Yorkshire. Mr Heath will lead the integration of the Dalton operation and support Harbro’s wider...
CRANSWICK has submitted a full planning application for a new poultry processing plant at Europarc in Grimsby. The proposed facility would have capacity to process up to 1.75 million birds a week, although the planning statement describes this as a theoretical maximum...
Recorded at Harper Adams immediately after Poultry Network Live, Tom Willings and Tom Woolman reflect on the biggest messages from a day of debate, technical insight and practical discussion across the egg and broiler sectors. And, before any of that, there is an...
Production of poultrymeat in the UK was still pushing forward this summer, with output of broilers and turkeys both increasing. Total UK poultry meat production in July rose by 2.7% compared with a year earlier, at 180,000 tonnes. It marks the fifth consecutive month...
Imported eggs are under growing scrutiny following a UK Salmonella outbreak involving three genetically distinct clusters, around 470 cases and two deaths at the time this episode was recorded. Tom Woolman and Tom Willings are joined by Mark Williams, chairman of the...
BERNARD MATTHEWS has warned that more UK farms and food manufacturing sites could close without government action to strengthen supply-chain resilience, after confirming the closure of its Derby processing facility. The Shaftesbury Street site will cease operations by...
UK public health authorities are investigating three Salmonella Enteritidis clusters involving 474 confirmed cases and two deaths, with evidence pointing towards imported eggs used by foodservice businesses. The UK Health Security Agency has widened its investigation...
RSPCA Assured has confirmed that its natural daylight requirement for free-range laying hens will apply to all flocks placed from 1 December 2026. Standard E6.4 requires natural daylight to continue entering free-range poultry houses through all popholes when birds...
NOBLE FOODS has begun an on-farm trial using acoustic monitoring and artificial intelligence to gather continuous information about laying hen welfare. The Innovate UK-funded project is being delivered with agri-tech businesses AgriSound and Aviasenze. It is initially...