Three brothers, three sheds, one successful diversification

The Scott brothers, Charlie, Michael and Andrew, have a strong passion for continuing their family’s arable farm but they soon realised they needed to diversify to strengthen the business. This led to their latest venture – poultry

Avian flu: Farmers urged to remain vigilant as prevention zone lifted

Chief vets from England, Scotland and Wales warn that “low risk does not mean no risk” as AIPZ lifted and bird gatherings permitted once more.

Health is wealth: Demystifying poultry supplements

With a dizzying range of vitamin-enriched poultry supplements available on the market, Ricky Love from AFS Supplies simplifies the key principles of poultry health and nutrition.

Pig & Poultry Forums go online for 2021

This year the British Pig & Poultry Fair Forums will be going online, enabling producers to get all of the latest information and advice on Wednesday 12th May. With a top line up of 28 speakers across nine forums – from market outlooks to technical updates – there will be something for everyone.

British consumers urged to eat a range of egg sizes

The British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) and British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) have come together to raise awareness that egg size matters when it comes to hen welfare.

Brexit: What is the real cost to the meat industry?

The British Meat Processors Association says dismissing trade disruption at the borders as short term ‘teething problems’ is no longer credible, as it publishes its Brexit Impact Report.

Good biosecurity remains key as H5N8 detected in birds of prey

Poultry farmers are being urged to maintain the highest possible standards of biosecurity after the avian flu housing order was lifted, as H5N8 is detected at a non-poultry premises in Lancashire.

H5N8 avian flu confirmed on Staffordshire farm

Defra has confirmed that the housing order will still be lifted despite a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza – but other restrictions remain in place.

Bird flu housing measures to be lifted

Chief veterinary officers have announced that poultry housing measures, implemented in December amid rising avian flu cases, will be lifted on 31st March.

Avian flu: Are we out of the woods?

After a spate of avian flu outbreaks shocked the industry at the end of 2020, Farmers Guide reflects on the current situation.

“Better welfare and leg health” for broilers fed live fly larvae

Netherlands study explores benefits of adding live black soldier fly larvae to broiler diets.

New cases of avian flu confirmed

Further cases of avian influenza have been confirmed in Norfolk, Dorset and North Yorkshire.

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