The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled formal proposals outlining how it will target reduced support for regulatory ...

The government has pledged to help farmers ‘maintain overall food production in England to underpin our future food security ...

A new economic analysis by AHDB that has highlighted the significant extra costs and disruption that could result from a ban ...

The NFU has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and RSCPA to call on the government to demonstrate international leadership by introducing core animal welfare and environmental standards ...

The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer is urging livestock keepers to remain vigilant for the clinical signs of  foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), following the confirmation of the disease in a cattle farm on ...

Defra’s latest update shows UK clean pig slaughterings were up 2.3% on February 2025 at 844,000 head, while carcase weights ...

Pilgrim’s Europe has launched a Butchery Academy in an effort to bring fresh talent into the UK meat industry – with the ...

This took the number of reported outbreaks to date to 38, three of which are defined as ‘primary’ and 35 as ‘secondary’, with ...

Some of the UK’s leading pig veterinary practices set out what they see as the biggest pig health challenges on farms today ...

Defra is hoping a new eradication programme will help bring porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) under ...

The NPA has urged the government to press ahead with proposed planning reforms that would make it easier for farm businesses ...

Defra has launched a Call for Information’ from businesses that will be affected by the UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS ...