A new digital platform has been launched to help poultry producers with biosecurity management and response to disease threats
From midnight on April 7, keepers in Cumbria, County Durham, Northumberland and Tyneside must house their birds. This extension is in addition to those housing measures already in place
Currently, after 12 weeks, free-range poultry has to be labelled as indoor reared when mandatory housing measures are introduced in response to bird flu
The best way to protect Welsh flocks against current disease threat was the main topic up for discussion at the recent NFU Cymru Poultry Conference, held in Builth Wells.
NFU poultry board chair, James Mottershead said AI vaccination programme for birds need to be safe to give consumers the confidence to continue eating poultry products, and must not disrupt exports
The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally cleared 2 Sisters owner Boparan’s proposed deal to buy feed mills
The NFU plea coincides with the first suspected bird flu outbreak of the season in Northern Ireland, which was recorded among a commercial flock in Co Tyrone
Restaurant chains have introduced 'surcharges' for eggs
Defra urges poultry keepers to be vigilant as it promises payout for lost birds