GM Hypocrisy in the EU Damages UK Industry
UK - Hypocrisy in the EU, is destroying British pig and poultry industries due to their handling of genetically modified feed, say industry experts.

Flexibility Needed in Meat Hygiene Reform
SCOTLAND, UK - Plans to transform the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) into a more efficient organisation were ratified in 2007, but now the National Farmers' Union for Scotland (NFUS) is calling for flexibility in the current reform of the MHS to allow for...

Rolling Out Biosecurity Measures in Broilers
UK - Legislators have been working to minimise the prevalence of Salmonella with the introduction of the National Control Programme, being rolled out this year.

Discovery Shines Light on Wheat Nutrition
UK - A study, conducted by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and Queen’s University (QUB), has revealed potential improvements in the analysis of the nutritional value of wheat for broiler chickens.

Wheat Plant Breathes New Life into Livestock
MANCHESTER, UK - The opening of Cargill's redeveloped Manchester wheat processing plant will provide benefits for the livestock and dairy sectors as well as arable farmers, the chairman of the NFU's combinable crops board said today.

Campylobacter Strains Jump and Join
UK - A recent publication has shown that two campylobacter food bugs are jumping the species barrier and merging.

Free Range At No Increased Infection Risk
OXFORD, UK - Free-range environments are not the risk that had been fearedScientists at Oxford University have found that the free-range environment is not a major source for the infection of chickens with a bug responsible for 340,000 cases of food...

NFU Hit Back on Livestock Carbon Footprint
UK - The National Farmers' Union for the United Kingdom have retaliated over the widely held view that livestock production has a huge environmental footprint that could be eliminated by cutting out meat and milk from dietary habits.

Keeping Chooks in Top Condition
UK - Producing high quality male breeders and reducing injuries at feeding were two key topics at the recent DSM conference.

Reducing Phosphorous Levels is a Tricky Business
UK - Feed phosphate is in high demand around the globe. The current shortage is forcing many producers to cut back on the dietary levels that they supply to their birds. However, reducing phosphate can have serious repercussions that need careful...

Green, Free-Range and Noble Eggs
UK - New Eco friendly eggs have been launched by producer Noble Foods that combine both free range eggs and recyclable egg packaging. The eggs will go under the label 'Ecowise'.

600 Scientists to Tackle Livestock Disease
UK - A new consortium is to be launched in Scotland that will join the forces of over six hundred scientists to help streamline research into animal diseases.

Dreary Forecast for the UK Meat Market
UK - Meat is an integral part of the UK diet, consistently accounting for nearly a quarter of total household expenditure on food. According to National Statistics, UK consumers spend more on meat than on any other category of food, with the exception...

Prebiotics to Protect Animals From Salmonella
UK - Research is being conducted on the effectiveness of certain types of prebiotics in protecting animals from Salmonella infection.

Premier Nutrition Goes Overseas After Acquisition
UK - Premier Nutrition, a major manufacturer of vitamin and mineral premixes for a wide range of livestock species has been purchased by AB Agri Ltd, the Agriculture Group of Associated British Foods plc.