The major UK retailers continued to show steady support for British pigmeat products, according to AHDB’s latest Porkwatch ...

This includes working with the industry to ‘explore how to transition away from the use of farrowing crates to alternative ...

Industry leaders have welcomed the surprise government announcement that, following concerted lobbying and campaigning, the ...

The government has delayed the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax for farmers operating as sole traders ...

Farming and rural organisations have welcomed government proposals for reforms to the planning system that will make it ...

Payments for both the animal health and welfare review and the endemic disease follow-up in England will increase from ...

Baroness Minette Batters’ independent Farming Profitability Review has called for closer collaboration between farming, ...

The UK pig breeding herd declined by 3.2% to 316,000 head in the year to June 2025, the lowest figure on record, according to newly-released Defra figures. However, AHDB has questioned the validity of ...

The global animal protein industry, including the pork sector, is set to experience a slowdown in production growth in 2026, driven by both cyclical and structural factors, according to RaboResearch’s ...

November UK clean pig slaughterings were down 1.4% on November 2024 at 867,000 head, but pigmeat production, 83,000 tonnes, 1.2% higher year on year due to higher carcase weights.

Spain’s Central Veterinary Laboratory has confirned a further 10 cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar, taking the ...