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Health challenges are inevitable on every free-range farm, but veterinary intervention can be expensive. The key to keeping margins in the black is to

Few farming industries have seen more changes than the poultry sector over the years, and being the third generation to take on the profession, it is one which Forfar-based supplier, Robert Thompson, knows more than most about. Like so many family farms, the industry has seen the loss of many poultry units, with both egg laying and broiler production now in the hands of a select view. Such have been the changes within the sector, that the UK is now only 65% self sufficient in chicken and despite the mass influx of laying units, some eggs do still have to be imported.

How poultry assurance scheme can slash permit costs Natalie Noble 23 April 2021 >More in © Red Tractor Poultry farms with more than 40,000 bird places could save £940/year on Environment Agency (EA) charges by signing up to a new assurance scheme. Farms with units of this size legally require the New Bespoke Intensive Farming Installation (Part B3.5) environmental permit. Because application and inspection charges are high, the EA launched the scheme as a financial incen...

How to convert from colony to barn eggs and hit retail specs >More in © Vencomatic UK Colony egg producers who supply major retailers are facing deadlines to convert to an alternative system, with barn the proposed value egg option. Morrisons supermarket has already switched to offer all shell eggs from cage-free systems. The others in the big six – Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury’s and Asda – are committed to ban colony-produced shell eggs by 2025. Given that some colony producers may still be paying off investments made in 2012, ...

NCP) for salmonella. The Who must take samples and test You must take samples if you produce eggs on a commercial basis. You’ll be prosecuted or fined if you do not get your egg-laying hens tested as described in this guide. A fine can range from £100 to £4,500. Your flock does not need testing if one of the following apply: all production is for private domestic use (the eggs are not entering the market) the premises has fewer than 350 hens and supplies the consumer direct (such as through farm-gate sales or local retailers) your flock is under official salmonella restrictions - if this...