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Farmers will be able to earn up to £70 per hectare for actions to improve the health of their soil and livestock farmers will be eligible for a free vet-led annual health and welfare review, Environment Secretary confirmed in an update on the government’s Agricultural Transition Plan.…

More than 100 agricultural and forestry cooperatives submitted projects for the European Award for Cooperative innovation, with six farm sustainability initiatives taking the main prize.

The first World Poultry Virtual Congress by HIPRA, a virtual event that took place on an exclusive virtual platform and that hosted over 2,300 professionals from the poultry industry, was held from 14 to 17 July.

Market analysis from Bethan Wilkins, senior analyst with the AHDB, shows that May's upward trend in EU pig prices has fallen away.

The US June Hog and Pig report contains few surprises according to analysis conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).

The recently published OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook shows that global-agrifood systems need to transform to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and weather climate challenges by 2030.

The Australian government has released a four-phase plan for re-opening international borders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Northwestern United States experienced some of the hottest temperatures on record last week, putting crops, livestock, farmers and workers in danger, says the National Farmers Union (NFU).

The animal welfare charity welcomes the landmark farm cage ban enacted by the EU and calls for the UK to follow suit so it won't be "left behind".

As I write this, we have a positive basis of +$10.00! I do not know if I have ever seen that for this time of year. When I was a hog buyer, I charted that basis, it was a predictable tool to indicate market direction. Wh…

After a slow start to 2021, EU agri-food trade reached a value of €75.8 billion between January and March, 4% less than the same period in 2020.

Taiwan will postpone four referendums due late next month, including two that could potentially ban pork containing ractopamine, because of fears about the spread of COVID-19.

Strong demand for grains from China set to continue, but it will shift to opportunistic buying when prices soften.

In our opinion the June USDA Hogs and Pigs Report is snapshot of inventory that continues to overestimate the number of sows and hogs in inventory.

New analysis from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) finds that US consumers will pay just a few cents less for their favorite Independence Day cookout foods compared to last year, including cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream.…

ADM Agriculture is to launch a contract with farmer suppliers to gather carbon footprint data to increase the sustainability of raw materials entering parent company ADM’s supply chain.

Longley Farm estate manager and Nuffield Scholar Chris Harrap has published his Nuffield Farming report titled ‘“We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us” – an environmental psychology study of livestock buildings and how design affects humans, animals and the human-animal relationship’, sponsored by the John Oldacre Foundation.…

With immediate effect, David Bravo has joined Nutreco as Chief Science Officer (CScO) to lead the company’s new fundamental research unit, which will bring ideas to proof of concept and replenish the company’s new produc…

Hamlet Protein, multinational producer of soy-based protein ingredients for young animals, opened its new global headquarters in Horsens, Denmark. The office expansion allows the company to integrate all departments in o…

The USDA has announced a "top-to-bottom" review of the voluntary "Product of USA" label to strengthen the standard, improve transparency and consumer safety.