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    Women In Meat Awards smashes voting record

    2019-07-29T00:00:00Z

    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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    Scottish rugby players eat lean ahead of world tournament

    2019-07-26T00:00:00Z

    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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    No-deal Brexit; a ‘horror show’ for NI beef and lamb

    2019-07-26T00:00:00Z

    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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    Environmental credentials help make Welsh Lamb a hit in Belgium

    2019-07-26T00:00:00Z

    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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    Wales is latest nation to join World Butchers' Challenge

    2019-07-25T00:00:00Z

    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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    Theresa Villiers is new minister at Defra

    2019-07-25T00:00:00Z

    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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    Dunbia reports significant progress towards 2025 sustainability goals

    2019-07-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    What do the meat trade bodies think about PM appointment?

    2019-07-24T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • LMCs Education Services Manager Cherrie Kenny
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    LMC’s school cookery demonstrations reach over 7,000 pupils

    2019-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Love Lamb Week gains backing from £1.4m campaign

    2019-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Prince visits Royal Welsh Show to hear about sustainable farming the ‘Welsh way’

    2019-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    Meat industry reaction to Boris appointment as new prime minister

    2019-07-23T00:00:00Z

    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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    UK farming unions outline urgent measures needed to address current beef price crisis

    2019-07-22T00:00:00Z

    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: ...

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    Scottish red meat industry unites behind 'Meat With Integrity Campaign'

    2019-07-22T00:00:00Z

    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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    HCC chairman warns industry of 'disastrous' No-deal Brexit lamb price fall

    2019-07-22T00:00:00Z

    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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    Levy bodies’ £2m campaign boosts positive messaging on meat

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    Positive messaging on meat, as a result of a joint project from the levy bodies in England, Scotland and Wales, is now entering its second year.The collective initiative, funded by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), ...

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    New study provides insight into Brexit impacts for beef and lamb sectors

    2019-07-19T00:00:00Z

    A new report reveals the full extent of Brexit’s potential implications for British beef and lamb supply chains.The study, commissioned by levy bodies AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and conducted by The Andersons Centre, explores in detail the impact of tariff ...

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    Destroying sheep post-Brexit is worst case scenario and can be avoided if the right steps are taken now, says NSA

    2019-07-18T00:00:00Z

    The National Sheep Association (NSA) is clear that contingency support, if done correctly, would be sufficient to support the industry and prevent the mass slaughter of lambs in the event of a no-deal Brexit.NSA has been working on potential contingency plans for a number of years and refutes the proposal, ...

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    George Eustice and AIMS clash in debate around religious slaughter

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Following the story run by Meat Management last week former Agriculture Minister, George Eustice, requested the right of response to views expressed by AIMS (Association of Independent Meat Suppliers) on stunning immediately after the cut in religious slaughter.AIMS, the UK trade association which represents the majority of abattoirs, had previously ...

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    Scottish beef burgers readily available but not at all supermarkets

    2019-07-17T00:00:00Z

    Last week NFU Scotland members and staff took part in a burger shelf watch, identifying the volumes of home-produced beef burgers available on Scottish supermarket shelves.The secret shoppers counted over 2,500 packs of burgers across some of the largest national grocery chains. Shelf watch results demonstrated that an overwhelming 96 ...