Livestock
Roadmap for regenerative dairy
Two UK-based research organisations are collaborating over a roadmap for global regenerative dairy production, supported by a number of multinational dairy food manufacturers. It started this month to coincide with the United...
FEFAC expects slight drop in 2021 EU-27 compound volumes
EU-27 compound feed production is likely to fall in 2021 from the year before, with a raft of factors making a 2022 recovery unlikely, predicts EU feed trade body FEFAC. The association predicts the total EU-27 feed volume for food...
New agriculture director for Pilgrim’s UK
The major domestic pig and sheep meat processor Pilgrim’s UK, part of the US multinational Pilgrim’s Pride, has appointed Barney Kay as its agriculture director effective from November 8th. He succeeds Andrew Saunders, who is leaving...
AI prevention zone in force across GB
The Chief Veterinary Officers from England, Scotland and Wales have declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds....
Better genetics can reduce cattle emissions
Better genetics make beef animals more profitable but can also reduce the producers’ carbon footprints and maximise efficiencies, according to research by meat processor the ABP Food Group. ABP has set itself the target of reducing...
Slurry treatment for near-zero emissions
European agricultural technology business N2 Applied has conducted the UK’s first large-scale assessment of a breakthrough plasma conversion technology that it says offers a substantial step forward for the dairy food industry as it...