Contents tagged with slaughter

17 April 2024

The first three months of 2024 have offered some stability for the UK pork industry.

26 March 2024

According to the latest Defra figures, the UK produced 71,900 t of pig meat in December.

20 November 2023

Deadweight cattle prices have plateaued in October following increases throughout September.

19 July 2023

The UK pork marketplace remains very tight with year to date production and slaughter figures for the first half of the year recording significant year on year declines.

19 May 2023

In the latest data release of UK slaughterings and production, Defra have made revisions from January 2021 onwards while also updating the methodology from April 2023.

22 March 2023

Beef and veal production sat at 71,400 tonnes for February, according to the latest Defra production statistics.

1 June 2022

Over the last few years, fewer and fewer companies having been enrolling staff on the abattoir apprenticeship, which places it at risk of being de-listed.

11 January 2022

UK beef production fell 2% year-on-year in August to 73,200 tonnes.

4 January 2022

Pathology expertise underpins disease diagnosis, monitoring and surveillance and is vital for the health and welfare of the UK beef and sheep industries

14 July 2021

The UK produced 74,500 tonnes of beef and veal in December, up 5% year-on-year, according to Defra figures.

30 September 2019

Understanding breed characteristics and consumer demands

30 July 2019

Lamb selection for slaughter

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