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Copa and Cogeca met Slovenian Presidency and call for continuation of CAP work and swift action in helping those affected by floods.

Between 2007 and 2018, the average farm income in the EU grew, reaching €35,300 per farm and €22,500 per annual working unit in 2018. However, significant differences can be observed across the EU and based on types of farming, sex, age and level of training of farm holders and managers.…

On June 30, Aviagen Asia Pacific hosted an informative webinar on the economic outlook of the Asian poultry landscape in the coming 12 months.

This #FarmSafetyWeek farmers across the UK are being asked to share their tips on how to keep themselves, their families, their workers and visitors to their land safe.

A new research project funded by USPOULTRY has evaluated euthanasia methods for large poultry like broiler breeders and turkeys and identified four methods that meet production and welfare guidelines.

KFC is leading UK fast food chains in broiler chicken welfare assessments while Subway, Starbucks, Domino's and McDonald’s lag in the latest report from World Animal Protection.

Under the right conditions, income from taxes on meat products that is returned to livestock farmers by the government can make the livestock farming sector more sustainable, according to a new study from Wageningen University.…

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has secured £3.9million of funding to help thousands of farmers and growers navigate the fallout of the loss of direct payments and help future proof their businesses.…

As the UK kicks off its annual Farm Safety Week, the Farm Safety Foundation wants to shine a light on the agriculture industry's poor safety record and take steps to make the sector less dangerous.

Farmers in New Zealand drove their tractors to the city on 16 July in a protest demanding the government loosen its environmental policies and climate change regulations which they say are hurting their businesses.

France will ban from next year the killing of male chicks by crushing or gassing, a practice denounced as barbaric by animal welfare groups, and will push for a similar measure at European level, the agriculture minister said on Sunday 18 July.…

Ghana has culled thousands of chickens and banned poultry movement amid an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza.

World hunger and malnutrition levels worsened dramatically last year, with most of the increase likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a multi-agency United Nations (UN) report.

A study published by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission shows how the choices farmers make to adopt voluntary green practices are affected by how much they are already obliged to contribute to the environment.…

From a food waste saving app to a vertical farming system on salt marshes, nine school projects focused on farming and the environment have been selected as the winners of the NFU’s Farmvention competition.

Weather-related problems with Brazil's second corn crop have sparked a spate of companies exiting their contracts on washout clauses.

Researchers at the Pirbright Institute have developed a new bird flu vaccine that is less costly and gives poultry rapid protection, while reducing the spread of the virus.

It's "Back to the Future" on 22 to 24 March in Minneapolis, Minnesota as booth sales for the annual Midwest Poultry Federation trade show and convention open.

Britain must change what it eats and the way it produces food to stop "terrible damage" to people's health and the environment, a government-commissioned report says.

Europe's agriculture sector is expected to flourish as restaurants and food services come back online and COVID-19 vaccination ramps up across the trading bloc.