Confidence is key in the sheep sector, says NFU
Confidence must be maintained within the sheep industry if we are to exploit the strong global demand for British lamb, says the NFU. Like many others in the agricultural industry, sheep producers have endured a challenging year due to a poor summer and a longer finishing period, and are now seeing lamb prices fall markedly. But according to Charles Sercombe, NFU livestock board chairman, these are short term factors and it is...
British turkey feeds the nation’s veterans
This Christmas, British Turkey has teamed up with UK charity Help for Heroes to help make it an extra special one by providing quality British turkeys to recovery centres across the UK, which support those who have suffered life changing injuries. Help for Heroes provides direct, practical support to serving and veteran members of the Armed Forces. The recovery centres help to develop life skills and activities for the wounded,...
Bacon revolution awards now open
Calling all purveyors of great bacon, the hunt is now on to find the nation’s best rashers! As part of Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week, which takes place from 18th-24th March 2013, the ‘Great Bacon Revolution Awards’ are set to put premium cures firmly in the spotlight. The high profile competition is open to all retailers, butchers, chefs and manufacturers of quality assured bacon, including Red Tractor. It is an opportunity to increase...
Endless speculation about MBO of Vion finally ends
Dutch-based food producer Vion NV has finally reached an agreement for a management buy-out of its UK pork operations, securing around 4,000 jobs, subject to Competition Authority approval in Ireland. The deal, led by Seamus Carr, managing director of Vion’s Pork Business Unit, is backed by UK private equity firm Endless, which is reported to have a strong track record of investing in companies in the UK across a wide range of...
BSE testing of healthy cattle over 72 months can be stopped
The Food Standards Agency is to advise the UK Government that testing of all healthy cattle aged over 72 months for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) can be stopped, following agreement at an FSA Board meeting this week. It was agreed that the testing of these healthy cattle was no longer necessary as long as the other existing safety controls continued to be enforced vigilantly. The existing controls are the ban on feeding...
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