All Wales articles – Page 6
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NewsFrench meat buyers hooked by trip to Wales
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has hosted a delegation of food distributors from the biggest export market for Welsh red meat, namely France.HCC head of supply chain delivery, Jon Parker welcomes French food industry delegate Auriane Gourdon to Wales.Representatives from companies including agri-food co-operatives and meat suppliers ...
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NewsWelsh Lamb joins with top chef to highlight world hunger
Francesco Mazzei, a leading London-based chef and restaurateur, teamed up with Welsh Lamb in the runup to the festive season to help a charity dedicated to tackling global hunger and malnutrition.Francesco Mazzei cooking at the Action Against Hunger event.Francesco, a recognisable face from popular TV food shows and a leading ...
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NewsNew analysis launched of challenging picture for sheep sector
As a cocktail of market challenges has combined to put pressure on lamb prices going into the new year, Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched a Between the Lines analysis report of lamb supply and the wider factors impacting the market.Increasing imports, the cost-of-living and its impact on ...
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NewsWales' new chief veterinary officer announced
Dr Richard Irvine has been announced as Wales’ new chief veterinary officer.Chief veterinary officer for Wales, Dr Richard Irvine.Dr Irvine is currently the UK deputy chief veterinary officer and policy deputy director for Global Animal Health in Defra. He will join the Welsh Government in March.Irvine is an experienced veterinarian ...
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NewsWelsh Beef sees Euro boost and success for lamb in Japan
Welsh Beef featured in an overall 30% increase in beef exports to Europe from the UK in the first nine months of 2022, said HCC. It also recently showcased PGI Welsh Lamb in Japan.France and the Netherlands have been among the main recipients of volumes and are behind the increase ...
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NewsHCC publishes festive resources for Welsh butcher shops
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) have released two booklets of festive recipes using local PGI Welsh Lamb and PGI Welsh Beef, now available in local butcher shops.The recipes include hints on how to make meals go further, reduce energy use in cooking and meal planning and use ...
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NewsHCC working with educators on nutrition and diets
Following on from its launch of a new suite of education resources and website for children and teachers, the Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has been speaking to education professionals at a series of key events.HCC’s Elwen Roberts discusses HCC’s new resources on ...
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NewsWelsh lamb hits high marks in scientific tests
Latest results from the Welsh Lamb Meat Quality Project, a five-year programme of scientific analysis and consumer taste panel testing, has shown that PGI Welsh Lamb is hitting the mark in terms of both its nutritional content and its tenderness.Welsh Lamb being tested for tenderness using the scientific Warner-Bratzler method.The ...
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NewsButcher teams up with Tesco to supply pigs in blankets
DIY Pigs in Blankets have hit Tesco's shelves in Wales as Edwards the Welsh Butcher teams up with the retailer.Ieuan Edwards, Managing Director of Edwards of Conwy... with the wrap your own Pigs in Blankets. Picture Mandy Jones.Edwards the Welsh Butcher has come up with an easy to assemble kit ...
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NewsNew compulsory biosecurity and measures to protect against AI in Wales
New biosecurity and housing requirements will be implemented for poultry and captive birds in Wales as surveillance of avian influenza suggests a heightened risk of disease for Wales over the winter months.Interim chief veterinary officer for Wales, Dr Gavin Watkins, said these steps were being taken now to get ahead ...
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NewsSpring EU trade deal with Aussies could hit Welsh lamb market warns specialist
A possible spring trade deal between the European Union and Australia could have repercussions for Welsh Lamb exports. This was the warning from one of the UK’s leading authorities on international trade policy warned delegates to Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) annual conference.David Henig.“The EU has stable ...
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NewsNew 'smart solutions' can drive industry's net zero ambitions
Livestock farmers are the custodians of the nation’s carbon and by using a set of new ‘smart solutions’ they can deliver net zero targets and help halt unfounded and unfair criticism of the industry, farming and environmental expert Professor John Gilliland told Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) ...
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NewsHCC releases its compendium of red meat stats, facts and data
There were more than three times the number of sheep as people in Wales last year, contributing an estimated £744 million to Welsh red meat production and accounting for 43 per cent of the total value of Welsh agricultural output during 2021.Those are just three of the many facts that ...
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NewsIoM members visit animal genetics company - Genus ABS
Institute of Meat (IoM) members recently had the opportunity of visiting Genus ABS in Llanrhydd, which is renown as a world leading animal genetics company. IoM members in the bull viewing gallery.The business supplies high-quality breeding animals to farmers with desirable characteristics, with the aim of enabling them to produce ...
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NewsConversation opens on future-proofing HCC’s key stakeholder work
An eight-week seeking of stakeholders’ views on how to protect work on the development, marketing and sustainability of the red meat industry in Wales against the erosions of inflation has been opened by Hybu Cig Cymru-Meat Promotion Wales (HCC).The Wales red meat levy board is proposing that a new mechanism ...
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NewsTrade policy specialist to address HCC conference
One of the UK’s leading authorities on international trade policy will speak at Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales’ (HCC) annual conference in November.David Henig.David Henig, the director of the UK Trade Policy Project at the think-tank European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) is the latest presenter to ...
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NewsLatest UK export figures confirm boost for beef and lamb sectors
Trade figures for the first four months of 2022, analysed by Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) as part of its latest Monthly Market Bulletin, show exports of lamb and beef from the UK increasing, as the disruptive effects of Covid on international trade eases.For the period from ...
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NewsAIPZ declared across GB to tackle cases of bird flu
The chief veterinary officers from Wales, England and Scotland have announced an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) across the whole of Great Britain to mitigate the risk of the disease spreading amongst poultry and captive birds.It is now a legal requirement for all bird keepers in Great Britain to follow ...
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NewsGower Salt Marsh Lamb secures international protection
The lamb product has become the first new food to receive the UK GI status after the end of the transition period with the EU.Dan Pritchard from Weobley Castle Farm, who produce Gower Salt Marsh Lamb.The new, independent Geographical Indication (GI) schemes were launched after the end of the transition ...
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NewsWelsh farms join progeny test funded by meat industry levy boards
Two Welsh farms have joined the third phase of the RamCompare scheme, a major agricultural research project funded by the levy boards Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), AHDB and QMS.Owners of the second selected farm, Stephen and Louise Abberley, with HCC research and development officer, Nia Davies.RamCompare ...
