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NFU warns of dangers of exporting renewable energy production
The NFU has warned of the potential for damaging impacts on farmers in England and Wales and on global land use patterns if biofuel production is exported from Europe.It comes in the run up to the Environment Council on March 21st, where the European Commission’s Proposal to address Indirect Land ...
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NewsJLS star in search of cattle
JLS star, JB Gill, swapped his high top trainers for wellies and headed north of the border this week to source cattle for his farm in Kent.The singer, a member of the band which shot to fame on talent show, the X-Factor, developed an interest in farming last year and ...
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NewsButchers battle for top sausage award
Scottish butchers have been battling it out to win a brand new award for Scotland’s top premium sausage developed as part of Quality Meat Scotland’s activities to support higher quality processed meat products.Sausages to smile about! Douglas Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Federation of Meat Traders Association (left), pictured ...
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Imports add to lamb woes to distort UK trade
New figures reveal that although the volume of sheep meat imported into the UK fell in 2012, the timing and price of those imports had an effect on market prices in Wales.“Between October 2012 and February 2013, the market price received by farmers in Britain for their lambs has been ...
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Dunbia to acquire G Wood & Sons
Northern Ireland processor group, Dunbia is to buy G Wood & Sons in Mansfield for an undisclosed sum.Commenting on the move, director of G Wood & Sons, Chris Wood said: “Dunbia’s decision to acquire our business will safeguard the future of the company for our employees, suppliers and customers. We ...
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Take a tour of Danish pig farms
A BPEX Live online workshop will offer a first-hand look at buildings, new technologies and pig management on Danish pig farms. It will feature lots of photographs from a BPEX study tour to Denmark earlier this month and everyone can join in online from their own home or office.A group ...
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MBO for Welsh Country Foods on the table
The Welsh Country Foods plant at Gaerwen could be saved by a management buyout, saving up to 50-70 jobs in the slaughterhouse and boning department.Site director, Eddie Ennis told the BBC that Vion was considering the offer: “I’ve made a formal offer that’s being looked upon in a good way ...
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NewsRecord entries for Meat Management Product Awards
Yesterday and today Meat Management judges have begun assessing a record-breaking 530 entries in the product categories for Britain's leading meat evaluation awards.Judges Keith Fisher, BPEX (left) and food industry consultant, Andrew Garvey getting down to work.Judges for the product categories in the awards are currently locked away at the ...
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Which? survey says trust in food industry is dented
A recent Which? Survey is calling for Government action to address what it says is a decline in consumer trust in the food industry following the horsemeat scandal.According to the survey 30% of shoppers are now buying less processed meat and 24% are purchasing fewer ready meals with meat in.It ...
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NewsBrowns get foodservice gold
Browns Food Group, one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers, has received two Gold awards at the BPEX Foodservice Pork Product of the Year 2013 competition. Brown's winning honey roast ham.Freedom Foods Honey Roast Ham won Best Cured Product, whilst Freedom Foods Sliced Pork Sage and Onion Stuffing won Best ...
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Boom in applications for poultry apprenticeships
Figures from the British Poultry Council have revealed that demand for poultry apprenticeships is on the rise with up to 20 applicants applying for each advertised apprenticeship position. The rise in demand for apprenticeships has been announced to coincide with the launch of the sixth annual National Apprenticeship Week (11th-15th ...
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NewsOrdering meat? There's an app for that
EBLEX has launched a new ‘app’ which will enable caterers and retailers to order any of the 450 beef, veal, lamb or mutton cuts featured in its Meat Purchasing Guide direct from their supplier, from either a tablet or smartphone.The new Meat Purchasing Guide App icon.The Meat Purchasing Guide app, ...
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National exposure for pork adverts
The latest BPEX advertising campaign ‘Give a Fork About Your Pork’, fronted by Jimmy Doherty, got a boost in five national newspapers last weekend.The advertisement, a four-colour half-page was in the Sun, Mail, Guardian, Telegraph and Times.This is in addition to the pitch perimeter LCD messaging at Football World Cup ...
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NFU and Tesco discuss the supermarket’s new pledges
The NFU has met with Tesco to discuss its commitments to ‘source closer to home’ and to build partnerships with UK farmers.It comes after Tesco announced its ambitions to build partnerships, become more transparent and to make ‘real changes to the way Tesco source’, announced by the supermarket’s chief executive ...
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Harper Adams students help judge Foodservice Pork Product of the Year
Two students from Harper Adams University were given the chance to sample some of England’s best pork products after being chosen as judges for a national BPEX competition.Michelle Evans and Paula Lobb are second year students at the university and are behind artisan small business, Really Porky Pies.The girls were ...
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Threats, withdrawals and risks - business continuity seminar at Campden BRI
Ensuring that a business has a sustainable long-term future is as much about foreseeing and planning for long-term global effects as it is about what to do if your factory burns down.Both need to be considered and plans put in place to deal with the consequences, but the amount and ...
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Rotisserie chicken sales fall 18% - is VAT to blame?
New figures from the British Poultry Council show that sales of rotisserie chicken have been seriously affected by the government’s introduction of VAT on hot foodstuffs from 1st October 2012.Before this date approximately 40 million rotisserie chickens were sold a year in the UK. In the 23 weeks since the ...
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NewsYoung poultry farmers quiz farming minister
Farming minister David Heath has been answering questions from the next generation of UK poultry farmers.Members of the Poultry Industry Programme meet with Minister David Heath.Members of the NFU’s and ABN’s Poultry Industry Programme spent a day in London to learn more about how the industry lobbies Government and then ...
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NewsYork College student chef is game for success
Luke Cockerill of York College has been crowned 2013 Game-to-Eat Student Chef of the Year.His dish ‘Partridge with Mushrooms & Brassicas’ wowed the judging panel, including top chef and restaurateur Mark Hix, Lee Maycock the Game-to-Eat consultant chef plus David Taylor and Jill Grieve from the Countryside Alliance. Luke Cockerill ...
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Beef sales robust despite horse meat scandal
Fresh and frozen beef sales have remained steady in the UK despite the horse meat scandal, with the value of purchases in the latest four-week period rising 2%, and just a 1% drop in volumes, latest retail figures have revealed.The Kantar Worldpanel detailed data for the four-week period to 17th ...
