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ThePoultrySite Latest News
News from United Kingdom
Friday, November 20, 2009
Farmers' Union Supports O'Kane Turkey Growers NORTHERN IRELAND - Following the news that jobs may be lost at a plant owned by O'Kane Poultry, Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) says it is working to ensure the turkey growers who supply the company are retained as suppliers.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Cherry Valley Awarded Freedom Foods Accreditation UK - Lincolnshire-based Cherry Valley, the UK’s largest duck manufacturer, has been recognised for its continued commitment to duck welfare with a Freedom Foods Accreditation.
Job Losses Loom at Poultry Plant NORTHERN IRELAND - Workers at the O'Kane poultry processing plant at Ballymena have been warned that about 140 jobs are to go.
Call for Govt to Act over Antibiotic Resistance UK - The Soil Association has called on the government to act over what is calls an escalating farm antibiotic resistance problem.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Welfare Accreditation for Cherry Valley UK - Duck producer, Cherry Valley, has been awarded Freedom Foods accreditation.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Danisco Acquires Sorbial UK - Danisco A/S has signed an agreement to acquire Sorbial in order to strengthen its competencies in microbial-based products for animal nutrition.
Humphrey Feeds Expands its Poultry Feed Team UK - Humphrey Feeds has demonstrated its commitment to UK Free Range and Organic producers by announcing that they are to expand their team of on-farm poultry feed specialists.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Govt Decisions Taking Too Long for Industry UK - The UK government and EU Commission are taking far too long to make decisions and this delay is having an adverse impact on the poultry industry.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Conference to Hear Why Science Matters in Farming UK - If farming is to meet the challenges of producing more food while impacting less on the environment it is vital that research and development in agricultural science is given the funding it needs to help provide the solutions, a major conference...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Free-range Eggs on Public Sector Menu Urged UK - Wearside MP Chris Mullin likes his eggs free-range – and he wants to see Sunderland's schools, council offices, hospitals and other public sector organisations forced to serve them up the same.
Pfizer Trainee Awards for Pig and Poultry Industries UK - Employees on pig and poultry farms in North Lincolnshire — Georgina Cherrill and Andrew Hall — are the 2009 winners of the Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Aviagen Appoints New Technical Team Leader UK - Alan Thomson has been appointed to the role of Regional Technical and Commercial Manager for Aviagen Ltd.
Bernard Matthews Farms Pioneers Silver Protection UK - Bernard Matthews Farms, the largest turkey farming company in Britain, is pioneering a new silver antimicrobial protection on its transportation crates to shield its poultry flocks from a wide range of pathogens.
Future Funding of UK Meat Controls Review UK - At its open meeting on Tuesday 10 November, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board will review the Agency’s policy on the future funding of UK meat controls. This concerns the costs of official inspections of abattoirs and cutting plants.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Defra's New Guidelines to Reduce Salmonella in Feed UK - The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a new Code of Practice for the control of salmonella in animal feeds, bringing together three previous codes and updating these with current best practice and regulatory...
NFUS Urges Participation in Carbon Footprint Study SCOTLAND, UK - NFU Scotland is urging its members to participate in a Scottish Government study that will ultimately produce a farm–based tool to more accurately measure a farm’s contribution to greenhouse gas production and climate change.
Study to Bring Benefits to Meat Sector UK - New research will develop detailed 'resource maps' to identify the amount of food and packaging waste generated and where it occurs as a step to delivering environmental and commercial benefits across the meat sector.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
VLA Warns Hobby Farmers about Infectious Bronchitis UK - There has been another outbreak of infectious bronchitis virus caused by the QX strain, according to September's Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA). Backyard flock owners and suppliers are...
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Glycerol is Useful Dietary Component for Broilers NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Research from Agri-Food Biosciences Institute has revealed that glycerol from biofuel production may be a useful dietary component for broilers, report Elizabeth McCann of AFBI and Linda Griffiths (Queen's University Belfast; Q...
Monday, November 02, 2009
Visitors Get a View of Oaklands' Colony System UK - Hy-Line UK recently welcomed visitors from the Netherlands, Russia and the Ukraine to their head office in Warwickshire.
UK Egg Statistics - Third Quarter 2009 UK - The throughput of eggs through UK packing stations in the third quarter (Q3) of 2009 was 6.11 million cases, 2.1 per cent fewer than the same period of last year. Cage eggs still account for more than half of the market although the share continues...
Warning of Traditional Christmas Turkeys Shortage UK - With reduced placing of turkey poults on farms this summer there could well be a shortage of traditional Christmas turkeys, forecasts leading UK producer, Paul Kelly.
HPA to Investigate Salmonella Outbreak UK - The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has set up an investigation following nine outbreaks and two death from Salmonella. Poultry and eggs are considered the most likely sources.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Goose Newcomers Award Goes to Peak District UK - Newcomer to farming in one of the country's most scenic locations, Lizzie Murphy, is the 2009 winner of the John Adlard Memorial Award for new entrants to goose production.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Study Shows Poultry Infected by Human Disease SCOTLAND, UK - Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a Roslin study has shown.

