1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (291+ words) Pilgrim's Europe has completed a biodiversity monitoring trial across 40 livestock farms, using AI-powered birdsong technology to measure bird populations and wider ecosystem health. The project involved 10 broiler farms in Lincolnshire and 30 pig farms in Norfolk, where acoustic recording devices were…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (400+ words) May tends to be a quieter time on the farm here. With lambing out of the way and silaging normally starting at the end of the month, it gives us a few weeks to get to some of the other…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (408+ words) The UK poultry sector is likely to be come increasingly reliant on imports if tough UK planning restrictions continue to block grower base expansion, visitors to this week's British Pig and Poultry Fair in Birmingham were warned. Major meat processor…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1105+ words) It was in 2006 when Great Britain last had an outbreak of Newcastle disease. With cases now confirmed in western Europe, it is possible that this highly contagious avian virus could return. The UK's commercial laying and breeding flocks are routinely…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (443+ words) Defra has played down claims that its records of the UK poultry population are "misleading and inaccurate, insisting its numbers are fit for purpose. See also: 8 ways to prepare for tighter rules on water quality According to the report, "at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (495+ words) Pig and poultry organisations have hit back at attempts by green lobby groups to denigrate their sectors based on ammonia emissions, calling the latest efforts "another concocted outrage. A campaign launched by welfare group Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (349+ words) A new research project investigating the threat of viruses in UK vining pea crops hopes to provide pea growers with clearer information on when and how to implement control measures. Shifting weather and drilling patterns means virus infection is becoming…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (266+ words) Free-range poultry producers are being urged to start preparing now for their birds" impending return to the big outdoors, with Defra signalling an end to the mandatory housing order in England and Wales next Thursday (9 April). The change of policy…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (851+ words) Chicken manure does not always receive the best press " blamed to varying degrees for water pollution, obnoxious smells and general unpleasantness. But for north-east egg producer and regenerative arable farmer Hugh Carter it is pure gold " all the more so…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (423+ words) Veterinary experts at Defra have raised the risk status for Newcastle disease in poultry from "low" to "medium" as the disease continues to spread in continental Europe. Newcastle disease is highly virulent, with symptoms similar to avian influenza, including respiratory…...