Sandy Howie acknowledged for services to pig industry
The 2014 Ed Rainy Brown Memorial Award has been presented to an inspirational figure in the Scottish pig industry, Sandy Howie. Sandy stepped down as chairman of Scottish Pig Producers last year and an unprecedented number of nominations were received. The award is jointly sponsored by NFU Scotland and Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (SAOS). Katy Rainy Brown presented Sandy with the award at the SAOS Annual Conference...
Meat and rugby team up in Yorkshire
Darlington Mowden Park Rugby Club and Yorkshire Dales Meat Company (YDMC) have combined to offer players and supporters the breakfast, lunch and dinner of champions. Protein is central to any athlete’s or rugby player’s diet, and boxes of lean meat of the quality that YDMC supplies to top restaurants and hotels will be available to collect at Darlington Mowden Park’s home ground The Northern Echo Arena on match days. A box costing £35...
Welsh Lamb companies in positive mood after Swedish trade talks
Welsh companies have returned from Sweden in optimistic mood after trade talks with companies keen to import Welsh Lamb. Representatives of the three major processing companies in Wales attended a reception at the British Ambassador’s residence in Stockholm to meet trade buyers and journalists. “The aim was to further impress on them the qualities that make Welsh Lamb a sought after global brand,” said Gwyn Howells, chief executive of...
New face at British Poultry Council
Chris Potter has joined the British Poultry Council (BPC) this week as Public Affairs Officer. He joins the BPC from the British Academy where he was a Policy Adviser, but has also worked in public affairs roles at both General Motors UK and the British Chambers of Commerce. Chris said: “I am delighted to join an industry that already contributes a huge amount to the economy. I look forward to working with the industry and other...
Warning to UK producers as pig diseases continue to spread
BPEX is urging pig producers to review biosecurity to protect their herds against devastating diseases, including African Swine Fever (ASF) and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus, which have both spread to new countries this week. ASF has just been confirmed in wild boar within the EU, in Lithuania, while the virulent strain of PED virus in the US has now crossed the border to Canada. ASF is a particular risk to UK pig producers...
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