Latest Industry News – Page 342
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NewsNew Scottish pig academy
A Scottish Pig Academy to encourage stockmanship training in the Scottish pig industry has received an initial cohort of 10 Scottish Pig Academy trainees. Funding for the course development has been provided by ASDA, QMS, the European Union and Skills Development Scotland.The inspiration for the new Scottish Pig Academy came ...
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NewsMorrisons to trial first EID technology in Aberdeenshire meat plant
Morrisons, Britain’s 4th largest retailer, is trialling prototype technology in its Aberdeenshire meat plant which will see Scottish farmers become the first in world to receive detailed quality performance data on every sheep via the animals’ electronic ear tags.The retailer is working closely with Quality Meat Scotland, the Scottish red ...
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SAMW demands action on 'minimum 10%' livestock support
Alan McNaughton, president of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW), has demanded an increase in coupled calf scheme support to a ‘minimum 10%’ of the available national budget.Scotland's meat industry is said to be operating fully 20% below its capacity, a fact, says Naughton, that is putting jobs and ...
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NewsPotential bright future for Scotland’s red meat sector?- but livestock numbers must be maintained and processors still enduring knife-edge margins
The future for the Scottish red meat industry is bright, according to Quality Meat Scotland chairman, Jim McLaren.However it is vital the industry builds confidence and maintains livestock numbers, McLaren said speaking at the QMS Industry Breakfast on the opening day of the Royal Highland Show.“From the world-leading quality assurance ...
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NewsChieftain o' the pudding race
James Baillie from butchers, T Baillie & Son, has been crowned the 2012 Scottish Black Pudding Champion. Harry Simpson from Dalziel Ltd presented the Dockhead Street butcher with his trophy.James Baillie was delighted: “I was chuffed to bits to win the regional title but to come out as overall winner ...
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MBE for Digby Scott
In recognition of his services to the pig industry, Digby Scott, has been awarded Member of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.Digby is well known for creating Pig World magazine and the National Pig Association website. “Many people will, quite rightly, comment on how Digby deserves this recognition. ...
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Making the Most of Roasts Tops the Bill at Royal Highland Show
Quality Meat Scotland is this week launching a campaign to encourage consumers to appreciate how to make the most of meat and take the strain off their shopping budget.The “Make the Most of Your Roast” leftover campaign includes money saving recipes, such as curries, pies and soups, and top tips ...
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Red meat sector contributes £2.1 billion to Scottish economy
Quality Meat Scotland’s Scottish Red Meat Industry Profile report released today shows the sector makes a record-breaking £2.1 billion contribution to Scotland’s national economic output.However, as QMS’s Stuart Ashworth, Head of Economic Services cautioned: “Tight supplies globally led to strong livestock prices during 2011 and this generated increased confidence in ...
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Retailers and caterers promise to sell only 'legal' pork
Britain’s major food organisations have pledged to Government that they will not sell pork and pork products from illegal pig farms when the European partial stalls ban is introduced on January 1, 2013.The National Pig Association has welcomed the news, which follows months of campaigning by the British pig industry ...
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NewsFirst time entrant crowned BPEX national champion
A combination of pork fillet and pastry in its ‘Pork Wellington’ has earned Archers Butchers the prestigious ‘National Champion’ title at the 2011-2012 BPEX regional roadshow and product excellence final. It was the first time the Norwich-based butchers had entered the competition.The speciality product triumphed in the first leg of ...
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Export opportunities to Africa under EBLEX spotlight
The 8th EBLEX Export Conference will focus on the prospects for beef and lamb in Africa.The free event is on 26th June at The Arthur Rank Centre in Stoneleigh Park, Wariwckshire. EBLEX's export manager, Jean-Pierre Garnier, said: "Export activity plays a key part in EBLEX’s work and our conference will ...
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Pork report calls for supermarkets to examine business models
A Manchester University study of pork production and consumption has made some hard hitting policy recommendations to help the UK pig industry.Bringing Home the Bacon asks why the UK domestic herd has halved in size and the UK has become, what the authors of the report see as increasingly dependent ...
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Eight pork processors to produce dead weight average pig price
The BPEX board has, after some discussion, agreed that the dead weight average pig price (DAPP) will be expanded to cover a broader range of the pig market. As a result information from 15 sites covered by 8 pork processors will produce the DAPP.They processors are H.G. Blake, Cheale Meats ...
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France's top poultry producer and processor Doux calls in administrators
French group, Doux, said to be the world’s fifth-largest poultry producer, has gone into administration, unable to agree a deal with creditors. The business employs 10,000 people worldwide of which 3,400 are in France.“A court-appointed administrator will assist the company’s management to finalize a plan on continuing operations in France ...
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NFU Scotland calls for supermarkets to support Scotch lamb
On the eve of Scotsheep 2012 NFU Scotland President, Nigel Miller, visited a number of supermarket stores in Edinburgh and the Borders to look at the availability and display of lamb. As a result NFU Scotland has called on major supermarkets to up their support for the product in the ...
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IMS report indicates pig industry is leading the way environmentally
The International Meat Secretariat (IMS) has just published the report, Pigs and the Environment, which examines the whole issue of environmental impact and indicates that the global pig industry has a major contribution to make.The report takes, for its starting point, the statement from the FAO in Livestock’s Long Shadow ...
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Full details published on BPEX work
Full details of work to improve pig production during the past year has been published in the BPEX Annual Technical Report 2011-2012. The report is an in-depth look at BPEX knowledge transfer and research and development activities which are designed to help producers improve physical pig performance, herd health and ...
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Debate needed on who bears cost of supermarket promos
Shrinking global supplies of beef and lamb and a rising population will push up prices for producers and processors in England – but it won't all be plain sailing. That was the forecast from EBLEX sector director Nick Allen as he closed the organisation's first northern conference in Wetherby.He followed ...
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NewsNew summer promotional kit for pork
As Jubilee and Olympic Games fever sweeps the nation, friends and families may well be looking to celebrate with parties and events, so the next few weeks could be a particularly lucrative time for the meat industry, say BPEX, the promotional body for pork promotion in the UK.From sausages, pork ...
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Greater understanding needed in the beef supply chain
Guaranteeing supplies of beef amid a global shortening of product requires everyone in the supply chain to fully understand the current market condition, according to EBLEX.EBLEX chairman John Cross sounded the warning as the organisation launched a new state-of-the-industry report called Balancing the Market, highlighting the changes that have taken ...
