Latest Industry News – Page 166
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NewsScottish beef summits hopes to secure profitable and productive Scotch beef sector
A summit organised by NFU Scotland in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, this week focused on securing a profitable and productive Scottish beef sector against the backdrop of some of the poorest prices in recent times.In attendance at the meeting were representatives from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers ...
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NewsSeasonal trends impact on new season lamb market
Deliveries of new season lambs to the UK and EU market are increasing with prices sliding across Europe in line with seasonal trends, according to the latest analysis by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).The decline in prices over the past few weeks has taken prices below the levels of twelve months ...
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NewsUrgent action needed to protect the UK sheep industry, says NSA
With the Government now saying there is an inevitability about exiting the EU without a deal on 31st October, and ‘turbo charging’ preparations, the National Sheep Association (NSA) is calling with extreme urgency for plans to be actioned to protect the immediate future of the UK sheep industry.NSA has repeatedly ...
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NewsPork Quarterly Q3 2019: disease and trade issues are jointly changing the global market
According to Rabobank's Q3 pork report rising disease pressures are challenging the global market. Specifically, African swine fever (ASF) continues to threaten the global pork market, not only by causing a production drop in Asian countries, but also adding uncertainty to trade and production prospects in other parts of the ...
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NewsManagement changes at Multivac for 2020
After more than 18 years as CEO of the Multivac Group, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers will hand over the business on 1st January 2020 to his director colleagues, Christian Traumann and Guido Spix, and bow out of the company. Mr Traumann and Mr Spix will manage the company jointly in future. L-R: ...
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NewsWomen In Meat Awards smashes voting record
In just three weeks the finalists in this year's Women In Meat Awards has reached nearly six thousand votes with organisers targeting a threshold of seven thousand by the Monday August 5th deadline.Organiser, Emma Cash, of YPL Exhibitions & Events said it was a phenomenon and commented: “We have never ...
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NewsScottish rugby players eat lean ahead of world tournament
The Scotland rugby team enjoyed tucking into some Scotch Beef PGI, Scotch Lamb PGI and Specially Selected Pork in Inverness recently after working up an appetite following a national team building event.Scotland players Kyle Steyn and Ben Toolis with farmer John Scott (centre).As official healthy eating partner to Scottish Rugby, ...
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NewsEnvironmental credentials help make Welsh Lamb a hit in Belgium
PGI Welsh Lamb is available to an increasing number of consumers in Belgium, and is being promoted through marketing concentrating on the product’s positive story in terms of sustainable farming methods in tune with the Welsh landscape.Bio-Planet’s Christiaan Beerens with HCC’s Kate Patten at the Royal Welsh Show.Red meat promotion ...
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NewsNo-deal Brexit; a ‘horror show’ for NI beef and lamb
Reacting to DAERA’s latest report on the ‘Size and Performance of the Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Processing Sector,’ the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) has warned that the beef and lamb sector must not be undermined by a damaging no-deal exit from the EU.The report has ...
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NewsWales is latest nation to join World Butchers' Challenge
Wales is the latest nation to join the World Butchers’ Challenge, with their national squad – Craft Butchery Team Wales, signing up to compete in Sacramento, California next September.Informally known as the Olympics of Butchery, the World Butchers’ Challenge pitches teams from around the world in a three-hour, 15-minute marathon ...
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NewsTheresa Villiers is new minister at Defra
Theresa Villiers has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s cabinet. She replaces Michael Gove.Theresa Villiers is the new Secretary of State for the Environment.Villiers served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2012 until July 2016. Previously she ...
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What do the meat trade bodies think about PM appointment?
Since the appointment of Boris Johnson as the new prime minister Meat Management has received further reaction from industry.[gallery type="slideshow" ids="https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2019/02/Andrew_Kuyk_fs.jpg|PTF director general, Andrew Kuyk.,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2019/01/Norman-Bagley.jpg|AIMS head of policy, Norman Bagley,https://d34wkqkcvmkqx1.cloudfront.net/CMS/s3/ymg-library/web/images/2018/08/12.jpg|BMPA chief executive, Nick Allen."]BMPA chief executive, Nick Allen: "BMPA has consistently urged government to work closely with industry to achieve ...
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NewsDunbia reports significant progress towards 2025 sustainability goals
Dunbia, (a division of Dawn Meats), one of Europe’s leading meat processors, has cut its CO2 emissions by 33% just four years into a ten-year strategy to reduce the company’s environmental impact.Dawn Meats has been awarded ISO 50001 energy management certification for its work in Ireland to hit sustainability targets ...
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NewsLMC’s school cookery demonstrations reach over 7,000 pupils
Between September 2018 and March 2019, the Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) carried out 350 post-primary school beef and lamb cookery demonstrations reaching over 7,000 pupils from across the Province.LMC’s team of experienced demonstrators visited post-primary schools across Northern Ireland educating pupils and teachers about how to ...
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NewsPrince visits Royal Welsh Show to hear about sustainable farming the ‘Welsh way’
As part of his visit to the opening day of the Royal Welsh Show, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales met with a number of farmers who are spearheading a drive by Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) to promote the sustainable, low-intensity way in which Welsh ...
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NewsLove Lamb Week gains backing from £1.4m campaign
Love Lamb Week 2019 will kick start the second phase of AHDB’s £1.4 million lamb marketing campaign, which highlights its delicious flavour.Using the tag, ‘Lamb hits you in the chops’ the campaign and the week, which runs from 1st to 7th September, begin at a time when British lamb is ...
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NewsMeat industry reaction to Boris appointment as new prime minister
Today we learned that the next Prime Minister will be Boris Johnson MP. No doubt the new Prime Minister will be focussed on Brexit in the coming weeks. With little time left before a potential no-deal much of industry is hoping a deal can be agreed.Boris Johnson, the UK's new ...
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NewsScottish red meat industry unites behind 'Meat With Integrity Campaign'
A host of organisations involved in the production of beef, lamb and pork in Scotland are uniting behind a brand new campaign to raise the profile of the industry’s environmental and animal welfare credentials.Among the organisations supporting Quality Meat Scotland’s 'Meat With Integrity' campaign are NFU Scotland, the Scottish Association ...
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NewsHCC chairman warns industry of 'disastrous' No-deal Brexit lamb price fall
New research shows that Welsh lamb farmers could face a 24 per cent drop in market prices caused by a near wipeout of exports if the UK pursues a ‘disastrous’ No-Deal Brexit in October at the height of the lamb export season, Hybu Cig Cymru’s chairman, Kevin Roberts, told industry ...
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NewsUK farming unions outline urgent measures needed to address current beef price crisis
The presidents of the four UK farming unions have met at the 100th Royal Welsh Show at Llanelwedd, in Wales, to call for urgent and collaborative action across the whole supply chain to support farmers affected by the ongoing beef price crisis.The four presidents at the Royal Welsh Show. L-R: ...
