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The UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer Professor Christine Middlemiss has urged free-range egg producers to plan and be prepared for another Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak this winter.

As feed and other input costs continue remain high, Cedric Porter takes a look at the impact on the pig and poultry sector.

Officials are warning poultry keepers to remain ‘vigilant’ following two further cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza were confirmed in Wales and in Cornwall.

Noble Foods | Poultry | Noble Foods has announced the closure of its first fully automated packing centre at Standlake, Oxfordshire.

Poultry producers in need of seasonal workers can now apply to the visa scheme after the Government revealed the names of the two official operators.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has become the first UK retailer to sell 100 per cent slower-reared and RSPCA-Assured fresh chicken across its UK stores. 

Poultry farmers are set to face an increase in insurance premiums as avian influenza (AI) continues to pose a risk to operations.

Poultry farmers are set to face an increase in insurance premiums as avian influenza (AI) continues to pose a risk to operations.

Poultry densities may have to be reduced in high-risk areas to prevent further outbreaks of avian influenza (AI), scientists have warned.

Royal Mail strikes could impact Salmonella sample deliveries, triggering calls for poultry producers to take ‘appropriate’ contingency measures to avoid delays.