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    Kantar reports beef and lamb volume down at end of Easter

    2019-05-15T00:00:00Z

    On the tail end of Easter, the latest Kantar Meat, Fish and Poultry (MFP) market update reports the sector did not experience the expected uplift. Volumes were fairly flat in most markets.Beef has been in 1.96 million fewer baskets this year.In the 12 weeks to 21/04/2019, Kantar's report shows that ...

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    Meat Business Women welcomes Royalty

    2019-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Meat Business Women…The Conference 2019 took place at Painters Hall, London to a sell out audience of over 180 delegates. The event was headlined by American Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, Temple Grandin and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.Grandin, who had flown in from the US ...

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    Vaccine for African Swine Fever research gathers pace

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    A new study has suggested that wild boar’s can be immunised against the most significant worldwide threat facing the pigmeat industry, African Swine Fever (ASF), which would be administered via a vaccine added to food.Wild boar is the most severely affected by ASF in Europe, threatening the pigmeat industry.Published in ...

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    Industry urged to back “Meat with Integrity” campaign

    2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

    People who work in Scotland’s beef, lamb and pork industry are being urged to take part in a brand new “Meat with Integrity” marketing and public relations campaign being launched by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) in the coming months.Katrina Kennedy pictured with cattle on the family farm in Highland Perthshire. ...

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    £1.4 million marketing campaign for lamb is to be launched by AHDB

    2019-05-13T00:00:00Z

    A new £1.4 million marketing campaign for lamb is to be launched by AHDB as industry seeks to further support the sheep sector.The promotional push, which has the backing of the NFU, will see targeted promotional activity in two bursts, the first starting in summer and the second in September, ...

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    UK’s only entrant in IFFA product competitions wins multiple medals again for his black pudding recipes

    2019-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Craig Thomas of Martin Thomas Butchers in Pattingham Staffordshire was the UK’s only competitor in the DFV (German Meat Association) product competition at IFFA 2019 but returned home triumphant with multiple medals.Craig Thomas (left) of Martin Thomas Butchers, receiving his winning product medals at IFFA 2019 from the DFV (German ...

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    Young farmers battle it out in Scotch Beef Country Cooks Competition

    2019-05-10T00:00:00Z

    Members of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs (SAYFC) are donning their aprons and taking to the kitchen as part of a national cooking competition.The 2018 overall winners were Brechin club, represented by Emily Baillie and Jodie Jackson.The budding chefs will be challenged to mastermind a main dish using ...

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    Chinese pork production shortfall will require global production response

    2019-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) into every province in China and throughout Southeast Asia in the last quarter has generated new concerns over the industry's ability to respond to world demand warns latest Rabobank pork report. Structural constraints on production growth in some regions, along with infrastructure and ...

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    Katie Derham to host 2019 Women In Meat Industry Awards

    2019-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Broadcaster, newsreader, journalist, music aficionado and 2017 Strictly Come Dancing Christmas champion, Katie Derham has been confirmed by Meat Management magazine as the celebrity host for the next Women In Meat Industry Awards dinner and ceremony.Taking place in London on 15th November this year, broadcaster and Strictly Come Dancing star, ...

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    Sheep farming wrongly blamed for climate change, says NSA

    2019-05-08T00:00:00Z

    NSA says it welcomes the need for measures to reduce global warming and address species decline, as outlined from the Committee for Climate Change and the UN nature report. However, it is concerned that some of the recommendations relating to agriculture and food are unbalanced, based on inadequate science, and ...

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    Tyson Foods boss warns arrival of African swine fever a real threat

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The US meat processing giant, Tyson Foods, has expressed fears around the real threat of African swine fever coming to the United States.In a report in The Financial Times, Noel White, Tyson’s chief executive, said: “This is an unusual, perhaps unprecedented time for the protein industry.“In my 39 years in ...

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    Team UK's young butchers return from IFFA with success under their belts

    2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The International Young Butcher Competition held at IFFA, Frankfurt, saw Team UK’s James Gracey out performing other elite European young butchers from Austria, France, Germany, Holland and Switzerland, finishing in the top three in the Roast’s category.Twenty-three-year old James Gracey (right) and nineteen-year-old Lennon Callister underwent months of preparation for ...

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    Prime pork market trends influenced by complex factors

    2019-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Recent movements in the prime pork market highlight the complexity of the red meat industry and how international trade, animal health and consumer demand all interrelate with each other.All these factors have impacted on the European pig industry over the past few years. Initially, outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) ...

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    IFFA 2019 prepares to open its doors and celebrate its 70th birthday

    2019-05-04T00:00:00Z

    IFFA, where the world meat industry meets. Source: Messe Frankfurt GmbH / Marc Jacquemin.IFFA 2019 is opening its doors in Frankfurt am Main with 1,039 exhibitors from 49 countries, including all market leaders, and significantly more exhibition space. The global meat industry will meet at its leading trade fair ...

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    Upcoming Four Nations Butchery Championships in October

    2019-05-03T00:00:00Z

    L-R: Pamela Ballantine with Garyth Quigley, key account manager, Cutting Edge Services and Rhonda Montgomery, CEO of Butchery Excellence International.Dedicated to the food manufacturing, retailing and butchery industries, Meat2Trade will be home to the first-ever Four Nations Butchery Championships which will see butchers from Team Ireland pitted against the very ...

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    Aldi and Scotbeef launch Scotch Wagyu Gourmet burger

    2019-05-02T00:00:00Z

    As part of Aldi’s 25th anniversary in Scotland, the supermarket is launching a gourmet burger made using one of the world’s most expensive meats.Produced in partnership with Scotbeef the Specially Selected Scotch Wagyu Gourmet Burger will retail at £3.49 per pack. The premium PGI-certified Scotch Wagyu Gourmet Burgers will be ...

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    Team UK ready to take on Europe in International Young Butcher Competition

    2019-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Team UK James Gracey and Lennon Callister fly out this Friday to challenge other elite European young butchers in the finals of the International Young Butcher Competition taking place next weekend at the IFFA exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany.Photo: Jochen Günther/Messe FrankfurtTwenty-three year old James working for M A Quail in ...

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    Global figures on water use in agriculture meaningless in water-rich Wales, say HCC

    2019-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has described claims made as part of ‘Water Saving Week’ that consumers could save water by eating less red meat as ‘misleading nonsense’.As part of the campaign, the UK NGO Waterwise cited global estimates of the amount of water required to produce ...

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    Scholarship open to ambitious individuals in red meat sector in Wales

    2019-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) Scholarship is now open for applications from ambitious individuals who are working in the red meat sector in Wales to gain a study trip of a lifetime.The 2018 Scholarship being awarded at the Royal Welsh Show. L-R: Gwyn Howells, HCC; Peredur ...

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    Cutting Edge in new partnership with NOCK for UK & Ireland

    2019-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Cutting Edge has established a new partnership with German manufacturer, NOCK GmbH, to provide its range of innovative skinning, de-rinding and slicing solutions for meat, poultry and fish products.Sam Tinsley, managing director at Cutting Edge, said: “We are tremendously proud and excited to enter into this new partnership with one ...