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Organic award winners
The winners of the Soil Association Organic Food Awards 2012 have been announced as part of this year’s Organic September, Europe’s biggest celebration of all things organic. The awards are now in their 24th year.The pork category was won by Hophurst Farm for its Hophurst Farm Pork. Michael and Jayne ...
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Redmond’s takes on Doleschal
The Austrian-based Inject Star company which specialises in the manufacture of tumbling and injecting equipment, has acquired the assets and manufacturing rights of Doleschal.Doleschal manufactures a range of cookers, cooker smokers and roasting equipment and the acquisition will broaden the Inject Star business base in Europe and in other markets, ...
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NewsSpelman and Paice go in Government reshuffle
North Shropshire Conservative MP, Owen Paterson has been moved from his position as Northern Ireland Secretary to take over as Secretary of State at DERFA. He replaces Caroline Spelman who has been sacked. Also axed is Farming Minister Jim Paice.Earlier in the day speaking at Livestock 2012 taking place at ...
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Beef producers can expect strong prices
There’s rarely been a greater need, in recent times, to focus on the fundamentals of Scottish farming, says Clydesdale Bank’s Iain Clark. Speaking ahead of today’s ANM Group’s calf spectacular, which is sponsored by Clydesdale Bank, he added that, despite the weather hit of the past few months, most individual ...
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NewsVION announces departure of CEO Uwe Tillmann
The Supervisory Board of VION Food Group has announced that Uwe Tillmann has stepped down as CEO and chairman of the Executive Board as from 3rd September 2012. With immediate effect, Dirk Kloosterboer, vice-chairman of the Executive Board of VION Food Group has taken over the responsibilities and tasks of ...
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Report suggests frozen CO2 output lower than chilled
A new scientific report on carbon emissions has allegedly exposed a mis-held belief that frozen food is more energy intensive than chilled. Assessing a range of carbon emissions - from post-harvest or slaughter to consumption by the consumer – researchers found that a frozen meal for a family of four ...
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Scottish Secretary sees weather impact
Scottish secretary of state, Michael Moore has been viewing the worrying impact that weather – both at home and abroad – is having on Scottish agriculture.On a visit to the Peddie family farm at Anstruther in Fife, Mr Moore saw the difficulty the Peddies, like many other arable farmers, were ...
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NewsBeef future comes under spotlight
The NFU has set out its vision for the UK beef sector - a supply chain that generates £2.8 billion for the economy and provides 440 thousand jobs in England alone. However, according to NFU, the industry still faces significant challenges to secure a sound future, producing quality red meat ...
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NewsAPPG chairman to address EBLEX conference
The chairman of the Beef and Lamb All Party Parliamentary Group, Neil Parish MP, will speak on the government’s role in agriculture at this year’s EBLEX annual conference. Mr Parish, a former farmer who re-launched the APPG earlier this summer, is among the speakers at the event at the Chesford ...
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Pig herd under threat
A survey by the NPA has confirmed that the national pig herd is starting to shrink. The survey has shown that around ten per cent of production will disappear by Christmas, unless prices improve.In July, when the cost of feed wheat increased by over 25 per cent, and soya increased ...
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HCC search for lamb ambassador
Butchers who are passionate about PGI Welsh Lamb are being urged to become a Lamb-assador by Meat Promotion Wales. The organisation is looking for a Welsh Lamb butcher to join its panel of expert representatives as part of its new Lamb-assador campaign.Laura Dodds, of Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion ...
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NewsBoost for QMS schools programme
A Perthshire-based chef is adding his support to Quality Meat Scotland’s programme of health and education activity in Scottish schools.Steve Craik, from Crieff, will be working with QMS and visiting schools around the country to encourage youngsters to understand the importance of eating a healthy diet and the role played ...
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Feed price volatility continues to affect livestock
Livestock and dairy farmers need to ensure they keep a close eye on their costs of production as input price volatility is here for the foreseeable future, HSBC head of agriculture, Allan Wilkinson has warned.Speaking ahead of the 2012 Livestock Event at Birmingham’s NEC, Wilkinson said that whilst market forces ...
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NewsMajor lamb strategy launched to stimulate market
EBLEX is launching a new industry-wide campaign to stimulate and drive sales of lamb. Reduced supply coupled with little innovation in new cuts has seen lamb become somewhat of a premium meat of late.But with good numbers of new season lambs now flowing through the supply chain, EBLEX believes this ...
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NewsDick Cawthorne: a personal recollection
Following the recent announcement confirming the passing of industry stalwart Dick Cawthorne, Bob Bansback pays his own personal tribute.I first spoke with Dick shortly after starting with MLC in 1969. The Economics Department used to have the responsibility of providing the industry with the weekly forecasts of guarantee payments for ...
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NewsPoultry firm wins appeal against FSA
Summers Poultry Products based in Warwickshire has won an appeal against the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which had decided to withdraw approval for the business to operate as an abattoir. The FSA sought the closure of the plant following alleged ‘operational deficiencies’. This is the first case under new procedures ...
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NewsBPEX accept ASA adjudication
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from Compassion In World Farming (CWF) and 206 members of the public who, in the main appear to be supporters of CWF, that advertising by BPEX including the strapline ‘PORK NOT PORKIES. RED TRACTOR PORK IS HIGH WELFARE PORK’ may mislead consumers.In ...
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England's International Young Butcher entrants named
The National Federation of Meat & Food Traders' (NFMFT) entrants representing England in the International Young Butcher Competition this year are Mathew Gothard and Luke Haigh.The announcement was made after two days of assessment to select the candidates which followed months of hard work and included six days of intensive ...
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NewsNew boss for MLCSL appointed
Nick Kirby has been appointed as managing director of Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Ltd (MLCSL), the commercially trading, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).Nick, who has a track record of managing business growth, will take up the new position on 1st September. He will lead ...
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Butchers’ company visits Wick Court Farm
A group from the Worshipful Company of Butchers – led by Mark Adams – recently visited the Wick Court farm site of the Farms for City Children Charity.Wick Court is a small livestock farm in Gloucestershire with cattle, sheep and pigs – with access to a nearby dairy farm. iI ...
