All articles by Kevin White – Page 42
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NewsDefra makes key change to pig support package in boost for sector
It will now allow animals processed under its Slaughter Incentive Payment Scheme to be sold on the domestic market
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Comment & OpinionA Cow’s Life: Panorama documentary shines a light on the cost of dairy
This week’s Panorama investigation into the dairy sector was never likely to evoke bucolic visions of happy cattle chewing the cud
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NewsTrewithen Dairy reports sales growth of 8% in latest results
The company, which supplies a range of Cornish dairy products, generated pre-tax profits of £1.6m in the 12 months to 30 April 2021
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NewsJV formed to create new alt milk maker Plant Food Bases
The business is a partnership between grain trader Robin Appel and drinks processor and packer Framptons
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Comment & OpinionNew allegations of animal abuse won’t help a dairy sector already on the brink
The BBC’s Panorama on Monday night saw workers on a dairy farm in west Wales engaged in a series of alleged animal welfare breaches
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NewsDefra to launch supply chain probe into UK pig crisis
It comes as more than 200,000 animals are now backlogged on farms
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NewsArla continues to see strong growth despite disruption to supply
The dairy co-op’s UK revenue grew by 2.6% to £2.17bn last year
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NewsMeadow Foods adds Yoat yoghurt alternative to dairy-free offering
The yoghurts are available now to foodservice operators
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NewsMolson Coors’ Shearer hired by Birds Eye as new marketing director
Shearer will join the frozen food giant on 28 February
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NewsBacklogged pigs hit 200k as producers call for more supermarket support
The crisis-hit pig sector was due to meet in an industry summit on Thursday
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NewsUpfield secures strategic partnership with plant-based egg alternative Oggs
The deal will see Upfield take a stake in Oggs’ British owner Alternative Foods
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NewsScottish pork processor QPP snapped up by meat company Browns
The deal secures the future of the business, which had faced an uncertain future in recent years
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NewsGrowers predict further shortfalls of labour during 2022
Defra announced in December that SAWS would be extended until the end of 2024
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NewsMSC unveils revamped rules for its fishing standard
Among proposed changes to its Fisheries Standard are new requirements on shark finning and endangered species
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NewsDragon’s Den star Nana’s Manners makes food debut with Tesco listing
The children’s cutlery and tablewear business has launched a range of kid-focused flexitarian sausages
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NewsCO2: deal struck with CF Industries to continue gas production
A previous agreement for the chemicals giant to continue production expired on 31 January
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NewsPig sector calls for urgent government summit as backlog tops 170,000
More than 35,000 animals are now known to have been culled due to the effects of butcher shortages on the sector
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Analysis & FeaturesCO2 crisis: What’s happening to UK supplies?
There are no immediate signs of another shortage, but the long-term supply situation is far from resolved
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NewsPlant-based category will reach £1bn, predicts Richmond owner
Pilgrim’s Food Masters said it was expecting ‘robust momentum’ across the plant-based category
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NewsSysco’s Raj Tugnait to become Meadow Foods CEO
Tugnait joins Chester-based Meadow Foods in April and will replace Mark Chantler – who takes a seat on the board