http://www.farminguk.com www.farminguk.com RSS news stories en-gb 10/09/2010 09:50:37 60 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---August-1021492.asp At the time of last month’s report November wheat futures had raced up to £132, and the bad ne... 06/09/2010 12:24:50 http://www.farminguk.com/news/August-10---Chairmans-Comment21491.asp I have just arrived back home from injecting 15,000 12 week old pullets with Eorsipolis vaccine to c... 06/09/2010 12:23:58 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---August-1021490.asp After reading the last edition of ’The Ranger’ I had to stop to remind myself what BFREP... 06/09/2010 12:22:20 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Paice-to-speak-at-EPIC-Conference21489.asp The Egg & Poultry Industry Conference will take place on November 7 and 8 and new Agriculture Minist... 06/09/2010 12:18:30 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Calendar-competition-hots-up21488.asp This years’ calendar competition has just started to hot up with a fantastic selection of qual... 06/09/2010 12:18:05 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Rule-requires-pullets-to-be-reared-on-organic-land21487.asp Country Fresh Pullets say they will stop producing pullets for the organic sector if new draft stand... 06/09/2010 12:17:21 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Organic-pullet-rearing-an-ongoing-challenge21486.asp Ten years ago John Ridout’s father sold the family dairy farm and indirectly set him on a path... 06/09/2010 12:15:28 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Blacktail-down!21485.asp Free range egg producers John and Claire Warne say their hen houses are being used for target practi... 06/09/2010 12:15:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Deplete-early-to-combat-oversupply21484.asp Free range egg producers are being encouraged to consider depleting flocks early in response to the ... 06/09/2010 12:14:22 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Health-officials-find-salmonella-at-US-egg-recall21483.asp US health officials say they have found salmonella in chicken feed used at two farms involved in a m... 06/09/2010 12:13:35 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Cage-ban-derogation-discussed-at-EU21482.asp A European minister has indicated that the EU could allow derogations for member states who fail to ... 06/09/2010 12:12:59 http://www.farminguk.com/news/The-funds-are-back...21481.asp The market lifted in the last couple of days of June, and continued without a breather until the 5th... 06/09/2010 12:12:30 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Free-range-gloom-as-prices-and-feed-hit-producers21480.asp The bad news just seems to keep coming for free range producers as the major packers introduce furth... 06/09/2010 12:11:12 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Irish-Funding-creates-unfair-disadvantage21479.asp Egg producers in Northern Ireland fear that Government grants for their counterparts across the bord... 08/08/2010 14:59:09 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Cheaper-by-the-Dozen21478.asp The European Union insists that new labelling rules will not prevent shops from selling eggs by the ... 08/08/2010 14:58:44 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Consumers-warned-about-imported-eggs21477.asp Consumers are being urged to avoid imported eggs after research discovered high levels of pollutants... 08/08/2010 14:57:44 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Funding-cut-for-Sea-Eagles-plan21476.asp Government cuts have brought welcome news for free range egg producers in East Anglia, with the anno... 08/08/2010 14:57:05 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Grants-help-Scottish-producers-meet-regulations21475.asp The Scottish Government has handed out substantial grants to egg producers under the Scottish Rural ... 08/08/2010 14:56:22 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Are-you-still-fed-up21474.asp In the August 2009 edition of The Ranger, I wrote a detailed article (ARE YOU FED UP?) on what to do... 08/08/2010 14:56:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Salmonella-testing-regulations-clarified21473.asp Animal Health has clarified the rules covering salmonella testing after one BFREPA member contacted ... 08/08/2010 14:48:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---July-1021472.asp Last month November futures wheat was comfortably in the £100-105 zone. Then we had bad news from Ca... 08/08/2010 14:44:39 http://www.farminguk.com/news/July-10---Chairmans-Comment21471.asp The rain has come, as it always does but I fear in this year’s case, a bit too late for some o... 08/08/2010 14:44:15 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---June-1021469.asp Two months ago we saw wheat prices lift from £100, and predicted a short-term rally which materialis... 08/08/2010 14:39:27 http://www.farminguk.com/news/June-10---Chairmans-Comment21468.asp I make no apology for my comments this month – they will be entirely about the Pig & Poultry Fair at... 08/08/2010 14:36:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/English-perching-interpretation-ruling-by-EU21449.asp Free range egg producers in England and Wales could be forced to spend money on converting their hen... 07/07/2010 11:07:26 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Lion-campaign-proves-successful21448.asp A campaign to promote Lion Quality egg products seems to be proving successful, with a number of new... 04/06/2010 09:58:29 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Organic-report-confirms-slump21447.asp A report by the Soil Association confirms that organic sales slumped in 2009 after more than a decad... 04/06/2010 09:57:45 http://www.farminguk.com/news/The-importance-of-pullet-performance21446.asp The Free Range sector has seen accelerating expansion in recent years. The banning of convention... 04/06/2010 09:56:43 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Restoring-trust-in-food-labelling21445.asp The agricultural industry needs to restore trust in food labelling. That was one of the messages to ... 04/06/2010 09:55:58 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Lower-soya-prices-predicted21444.asp There was good news for egg producers at the Pig and Poultry Fair, with a prediction of lower soya p... 04/06/2010 09:55:19 http://www.farminguk.com/news/No-similarity-with-dairy-industry21443.asp The egg industry was very different to the dairy industry, said Stonegate’s Richard Kempsey wh... 04/06/2010 09:54:43 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Organic-still-declining21442.asp Organic egg producers who are hoping for an end to falling demand will find no comfort in the views ... 04/06/2010 09:54:02 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Secure-contract-before-investment-as-packers-close-books21441.asp The future continues to look bright for free range eggs. Free range could account for as much as 50 ... 04/06/2010 09:52:16 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---June-1021450.asp I was reading an article on the BBC website that made me giggle. A German defendant was in court, th... 01/06/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---May-1021440.asp Buying raw materials a decade ago was a more straightforward process than today. Wheat went up £1/m... 01/05/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/May-10---Chairmans-Comment21432.asp At last we have a new Government appointed or should I say Governments and as you can imagine they w... 01/05/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---May-1021451.asp I am somewhat surprised that some contracted egg suppliers are complaining about the recent proposed... 01/05/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/April-10---Chairmans-Comment21431.asp Your Council met for the second time this year on the 9th March when I had the pleasure of welcoming... 01/04/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---April-1021439.asp Soya has been the main focus for the past two weeks; in last month's column we mentioned the imp... 01/04/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---April-1021452.asp It is now a month since egg crook Keith Owen was jailed for perpetrating the biggest food fraud so f... 01/04/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Assessment-vital-before-increasing-stocking-density21424.asp The first Freedom Food producers have already taken advantage of the RSPCA’s acceptance of inc... 23/03/2010 20:34:20 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Natural-England-to-consult-farmers-on-sea-eagles-plan21423.asp Natural England has now agreed to consult farmers about its controversial plans to introduce Sea Eag... 23/03/2010 20:32:52 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Late-salmonella-tests-lead-to-fines21422.asp Egg producers could face dire consequences if they are only slightly late with one of their National... 23/03/2010 15:28:16 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Margaret-Thatcher-faced-election-on-an-egg21421.asp There was a time when we were all exhorted to ’go to work on an egg.’ Well we now know t... 23/03/2010 15:12:49 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Free-Range-stocking-density-derogation-set-to-end21420.asp The British Free Range Egg Producers Association is warning longstanding producers that they need to... 23/03/2010 14:57:51 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---March-1021438.asp The `Funds' have reduced their positions of commodities since the beginning of the year, and tha... 01/03/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/March-10---Chairmans-Comment21430.asp Another month has quickly passed and it is time for my next Chairman's comments. I represente... 01/03/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---March-1021453.asp Imagine a new highway law was introduced under which every motorist had to check themselves for spee... 01/03/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Poland-ask-for-cage-ban-delay21419.asp The Polish Government has asked the EU to delay the ban on the use of conventional cages for fives y... 15/02/2010 10:48:52 http://www.farminguk.com/news/UK-eggs-amongst-the-safest-in-the-world21418.asp Figures released by Defra and the European Union show that the United Kingdom has done much better t... 01/02/2010 12:45:19 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---February-1021454.asp Free range producers ought to be deeply grateful to supermarkets. For most us, after all, it’s... 01/02/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/February-10---Chairmans-Comment21426.asp The snow has finally gone and I can see that our own birds are beginning to range further from their... 01/02/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---February-1021436.asp The credit crunch rollerball moves on, leaving the banks behind, and now playing skittles with the i... 01/02/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/New-EU-salmonella-report-good-news-for-British-eggs21417.asp The status of UK egg production as among the safest in the world has been reinforced by the results ... 29/01/2010 06:10:24 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Opinions-divided-in-run-up-to-cage-ban21416.asp John Retson is not alone in his concern that the market could become oversupplied with free range eg... 22/01/2010 08:43:48 http://www.farminguk.com/news/January-10---Chairmans-Comment21425.asp As your new Chairman I would like to take this opportunity to wish all BFREPA Members a very happy a... 01/01/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---January-1021435.asp A New Year, a new decade. So the teenies follow the noughties? One would hope that our politicians m... 01/01/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---January-1021455.asp Before the snow finally cut him off from the world my chum Chicken Dave found himself at a social ev... 01/01/2010 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Happy-Eggs-rewarded-for-grocery-brand21415.asp The happy egg co., the free-range egg producer has been awarded ’most successful grocery brand... 10/12/2009 17:11:42 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Europe-will-buckle-as-member-states-fail-to-meet-cage-ban21414.asp Half of the hens currently in conventional cages in European Union states will fail to make the swit... 10/12/2009 16:36:15 http://www.farminguk.com/news/December-09---Chairmans-Comment21412.asp This will be my last comment. As you know I am now no longer Chairman having handed over to John Ret... 10/12/2009 12:16:46 http://www.farminguk.com/news/November-09---Chairmans-Comment21411.asp Some time ago we asked people to nominate for this year's BFREPA awards. We are still evaluating... 10/12/2009 12:16:14 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Free-range-egg-producers-should-improve-management-to-improve-productivity21410.asp Free range egg producers could do better. That was the view put forward by Steve Pritchard of Premie... 10/12/2009 11:35:37 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Lion-roars-for-Noble-Foods21409.asp Noble Foods has announced that only Lion quality eggs will go into its egg processing facilities fro... 10/12/2009 11:27:26 http://www.farminguk.com/news/BEIC-condemns-government-inaction21408.asp British Egg Industry Council chairman Andrew Parker has blasted Government inaction after imported S... 10/12/2009 11:25:24 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---December-0921433.asp January futures wheat has been trading at £107 +/-£1 for 24 days up to the second week in December, ... 01/12/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---December-0921456.asp When it was announced that on-farm stamping is to be adopted as part of the Lion Code it struck me a... 01/12/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Government-seeks-protection-for-UK-egg-producers21407.asp The Minister for Farming and Environment, Jim Fitzpatrick, has re-affirmed his determination to seek... 10/11/2009 15:44:57 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---November-0921434.asp Wheat is in plentiful supply and yet prices continue to follow Chicago and currency; we fail to see ... 01/11/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---November-0921457.asp News of the apparently unstoppable free range sales boom is unremitting. Free range sales to reac... 01/11/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/EU-should-prepare-for-flood-of-sub-standard-eggs-expert-warns21406.asp Sub-standard eggs will flood into the EU as a result of the European Union's ban on conventional... 29/10/2009 10:26:03 http://www.farminguk.com/news/On-farm-stamping-to-be-adopted-into-the-Lion-Code21405.asp On-farm stamping is to be adopted as part of the Lion code from the end of this year. And the move h... 29/10/2009 10:19:21 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Sea-Eagles-threat-moves-counties21404.asp Free range egg producers in Norfolk appear to have succeeded in their fight against plans for the in... 29/10/2009 09:43:10 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Campaign-to-promote-Organic21403.asp A new marketing campaign is to be launched to promote organic, following further evidence that eggs ... 29/10/2009 09:27:27 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---October-0921402.asp In the harvest years 2008 and 2009, the world has enjoyed two really good wheat harvests, about 680 ... 29/10/2009 06:24:51 http://www.farminguk.com/news/October-09---Chairmans-Comment21401.asp As all of you know by now RSPCA/Freedom Food have agreed to increase the external stocking density f... 29/10/2009 06:20:05 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---October-0921458.asp Free range is rapidly becoming tree range. The whole image of the sector is being transformed. Where... 01/10/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/BFREPA-welcomes-RSPCA-decision-to-increase-external-stocking-density-levels21400.asp The RSPCA has now agreed to an increase in the external stocking density on Freedom Food free range ... 30/09/2009 14:45:54 http://www.farminguk.com/news/RSPCA-increase-stocking-density-level21399.asp The RSPCA has announced today that it will be increasing the maximum permitted outside range stockin... 30/09/2009 13:07:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---September-0921398.asp During the early days of the credit crunch, November wheat futures fell from £156 on the 26th June 2... 19/09/2009 16:13:08 http://www.farminguk.com/news/September-09---Chairmans-Comment21397.asp The other day I was thinking how much the free range sector has changed since I started in 1994. My ... 19/09/2009 16:11:18 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Help!-My-flock-has-skin-problems21396.asp Skin problems are generally uncommon in commercial free range flocks but can occur and this month&rs... 16/09/2009 15:07:32 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Should-free-range-producers-stamp-on-farm21395.asp Scottish egg producer John Campbell says on-farm egg stamping is an unnecessary cost for free range ... 16/09/2009 10:07:53 http://www.farminguk.com/news/UK-government-to-press-EU-on-GM-crops21394.asp The UK Government is pressing the EU to address the issue of GM crops to avert feed costs spiralling... 16/09/2009 09:40:52 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Members-warned-of-Pullet-Rush21393.asp The impending ban on conventional laying cages could well put extra pressure on pullet rearers and i... 16/09/2009 09:31:52 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Egg-producer-price-reduced-by-two-major-packers21392.asp Two of the major packers have cut payments to producers just two months after increasing their rates... 16/09/2009 09:29:45 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Packers-lower-producer-prices-in-wake-of-feed-falls21391.asp Two of the major packers have cut payments to producers just two months after increasing their rates... 08/09/2009 21:45:15 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Bill-Broody---September-0921459.asp Come October 5 and the nation will be in the grip of the excitement we call British Egg Week. Th... 01/09/2009 12:00:00 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Feed-Mill---August-0921388.asp In the post-credit crunch world, it is virtually impossible to predict price movement in commodities... 25/08/2009 22:17:29 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Supporting-team-chicken21387.asp In previous Ranger articles we have likened the performance of the laying chicken to that of an Olym... 25/08/2009 22:01:49 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Are-you-fed-up21386.asp Very occasionally a feed mill may make a mistake. This is not knock the mill time, because it is im... 25/08/2009 21:54:50 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Fishmeal-has-no-place-in-organic-feed21384.asp The organic sector should seek to reverse a decision permitting the use of fishmeal in organic pig a... 25/08/2009 21:33:57 http://www.farminguk.com/news/British-Lion-egg-products-promoted-to-UK-food-manufacturers21383.asp Producers of Lion egg products have highlighted the success of their current marketing campaign, wit... 25/08/2009 21:27:18 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Delegates-prepare-for-International-Egg-Conference-in-Canada21382.asp Worldwide representatives of the egg industry will get together in Canada next month for a four-day ... 25/08/2009 21:25:12 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Noble-Foods-help-fund-study-into-effects-of-Omega-3-on-bone-conditions-in-free-range-layer21381.asp One study that has already won funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Counc... 25/08/2009 21:20:43 http://www.farminguk.com/news/BFREPA-to-help-fund-research-into-Osteoporosis21380.asp The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) has agreed to partly fund proposed researc... 25/08/2009 21:15:35 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Pirbright-development-welcomed21379.asp The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has welcomed a Government decisio... 25/08/2009 21:14:07 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Student-wins-national-recognition-for-work-in-free-range21378.asp A student has won national recognition for her work in helping new producers into the free range egg... 25/08/2009 21:05:48 http://www.farminguk.com/news/Further-developments-in-egg-fraud-case21377.asp An Irish businessman has agreed to be extradited to the UK over his alleged involvement in egg fraud... 25/08/2009 21:05:07 http://www.farminguk.com/news/August-09---Chairmans-Comment21376.asp I am pleased to be able to report that, at last, there is some movement over the external stocking d... 25/08/2009 20:15:25