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HRH The Princess Royal opens St Ewe’s new egg packing centre
ST EWE FREE RANGE EGGS has hosted HRH The Princess Royal, who toured the firm’s new egg grading and packing centre. The new 50,000 sq ft facility officially opened by the princess in early October. It has allowed the firm to scale up to packing 2-3m eggs a week, with...
Broiler placings remain under pressure
At the start of this year, the UK’s poultrymeat sector appears to be struggling to maintain momentum under the constant pressure from inflationary costs. Broiler chick placings dropped again in January after a brief rally in December. Total day-old placings were down...
Defra sets up avian influenza vaccine taskforce group
DEFRA has convened its first meeting of cross-government and poultry sector representatives looking at the potential for avian influenza vaccination as a control measure against the virus. It comes as the European Commission changes rules surrounding the use of AI...
Sainsbury’s slammed for stocking Italian barn egg again
SAINSBURY'S has been criticised by an organic egg farmer for stocking Italian barn eggs on shelves in its local store. The Macs Farm, an award-winning free-range egg producer from Sussex took to Facebook to criticise the supermarket for stocking imported egg. See...
Noble Foods partners with school breakfast charity
NOBLE FOODS has announced a new partnership with children’s charity Magic Breakfast, which provides healthy meals to disadvantaged children in the UK. As part of the new partnership, the charity will trial offering eggs as a breakfast item to disadvantaged children...
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Laying hen flock expansion stalled in February
THE hoped-for recovery in the UK laying flock took an early pause in February when day-old pullet placings fell back once again. Total chick numbers in the month dropped by 124,000, or nearly 5%,...
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