All News articles – Page 138
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NewsUK Sausage Week momentum beginning to build
Plans for UK Sausage Week, which runs from 28th October to 3rd November, are underway and butchers, manufacturers and supermarkets are being urged to enter products into this year's competition."Winning the competition, organised by Meat Management, can mean a massive boost to your business," said event organiser, Emma Cash. "Entry ...
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NewsThe Prime Minister's standoff with the EU may devastate the Northern Irish sheep industry, says NSA
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is warning the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, of the vulnerability of the sheep sector in Northern Ireland, following his visit to the region yesterday.While sheep farmers around the entire UK are at risk with a no-deal Brexit, the damage will also be felt in Northern ...
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NewsBMPA responds to NFU call for funding of meat marketing
Following Stuart Roberts of the NFU, calling for processors to match AHDB marketing funding pound-for-pound the BMPA has said it would: "Welcome a meeting or even a beef summit involving everyone in the supply chain including the retailers and foodservice sector who are our link to the consumer."The statement from ...
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NewsKey beef processor sees uplift in prime cattle hitting market spec
An increasing number of cattle are meeting target weights and grade, with analysis of data from Shropshire based beef processor Pickstock Telford showing a 15% uplift in prime carcases hitting specifications over the last 3 months.Gareth Parker, livestock procurement officer at Pickstock Telford, puts this improvement down to an increasing ...
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NewsLMC sponsors leading technical evaluation of terminal sire rams
The Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) recently provided support towards a CT scanning initiative, aiming to deliver improved technical evaluation of terminal sire rams, in a bid to further assist local sheep farmers. CT scanning is a technique which produces images of body cross-sections using low dose ...
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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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NewsNFU urges processors to back British beef by committing to match AHDB’s levy investment pound for pound
The NFU has called for red meat processors to work in partnership with AHDB to deliver new marketing and promotion activity for British beef products, as prices remain dangerously low.With the farm gate price dropping by more than 10% in recent months, NFU vice president Stuart Roberts is urging processors ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
