Livestock

A lack of suitable abattoirs is one of the top three greatest barriers to growth for farmers and smallholders selling rare and native breed products.

The case for a network of local abattoirs has been well made, including in a recent report by The Prince’s Countryside Fund, but it may not be a realistic proposition, according to a retail butcher.

An extra 12,000 tonnes of Australian beef could be heading to the UK as part of the Australia-UK trade deal but the impact could largely be offset by reduced EU imports, according to calculations by AHDB. By Cedric Porter

The farmer at the centre of a bird flu outbreak in Angus, Scotland, has spoken out over the ordeal.

Farm groups have urged Ministers not to put UK producers at a competitive disadvantage, after trade partner Australia refused to sign up to a global pledge to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent over the next nine years.

The introduction of the AIPZ comes after the disease was detected in captive birds at premises in England, Wales and Scotland

Pig industry figures welcomed news from a BBC reporter that labels on food served at the event in Glasgow showed a bacon roll had a lower carbon count than a plant-based croissant

UK slurry inoculant manufacturer, Envirosystems, has won a share of Defra’s £5 million Farming Innovation Pathways (FIP) research funding to help the industry move towards net zero emissions.

John Gent was announced as the winner of the inauguralDavid Thomlinson Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Borderway Agri Expo event.

Heifers led the supreme judging as the Borderway Agri-Expo event returned to Carlisle for the first time since 2019.