Contributing to Global Warming
While ruminants can be blamed for significant emissions of methane and nitrous oxide into the earth's atmosphere, vegetable and cereal production also contribute to global warming.

NFU Start Countdown to Pig and Poultry Fair
UK - The pig and poultry calendar's flagship event takes place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire next Tuesday and Wednesday.

NFU Call for Support on UK Free Range
UK - British poultry farmers cannot meet the rapidly growing demand for free-range eggs because of over-strict RSPCA standards on stocking density, industry experts have warned.

UK Hen Rustlers on the Up
UK - The craze for keeping poultry, boosted by TV chefs such as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver, has prompted a new rural crime wave – hen rustling.

EU Poultry Feed Plan Rejected
UK - According to a North East scientist, the EU's plans to allow the use of pig remains as poultry feed could stir up another BSE-style crisis.

FSA Lay Egg Hygiene Plan on Farmers
UK - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has begun to seek views and comments on new draft guidance plans that aim to enforce a higher degree of hygiene regulations on egg production sites in the United Kingdom.

UK Poultry Industry to Cut Out Nicarbazin
UK - The incidence of Nicarbazin in chicken livers has been drastically cut in recent years, but the routine surveillance by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate continues to find a small number of samples with detectable levels of nicarbazin.

Poultry's Light Environmental Footprint
UK - A major carbon footprint study in the UK comparing environmental burdens and resource use in production of beef, sheep meat, poultry meat, eggs and milk, has declared poultry meat the clear winner.

Egg Production Starts to Rise
UK - The UK egg industry has seen a slight rise in production over the first quarter of the year, following a steady decline in production over the last two years.

Cholesterol Study Flawed says BEIC
UK - A recent publication that touts the danger of eating excessive amounts of eggs has been dismissed by the British Egg Industry Council for what it claims are 'significant anomalies'.

Free-Range Hen Unit: The Perfect Match for Pig Unit
UK - When looking to add another income stream to their pig and arable unit, the Sanderson family decided free-range egg production would be ideal, reports Angela Culvert.

Count Down to the Great Yorkshire Show
UK - With the number of weeks to the Great Yorkshire Show now into single figures, livestock entries already received make it clear that one of the country’s premier farming events, the Great Yorkshire Show, will again combine quality with quantity in...

The Price of Welfare: Can We Afford It?
UK - The latest in the increasingly popular BVA (British Veterinary Association) Animal Welfare Foundation discussions takes place this on Tuesday 20 May which will debate modern issues regarding animal welfare.

Scottish Assurance: a Shining Example
UK - A new report has specifically picked out Scotland's Quality Assurance scheme as a prime example of good animal welfare methods and traceability throughout the world.

Tesco Receives Rotten Egg Award
UK - Animal welfare activists Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) have branded UK Supermarket, Tesco, their '2008 Rotten Egg'. They claim that Tesco have failed to make any commitment to end the sale of eggs from caged hens, despite many other global food...