<h1 style="text-transform: capitalize" >meat prices</h1>
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Campaign aims to dispel myth that local meat is expensive
A southwest butcher has launched a new campaign to persuade people that buying local meats from high street butchers is not expensive or extravagant
04 October 2008
Lamb sales hold firm, but beef sales down
Retail sales of lamb remained firm during the last three months, despite fears that tighter consumer spending would hit demand, EBLEX figures have shown
03 October 2008
Sean Rickard warns of massive rise in food prices from EU-pesticide law
Substantial increases in household food bills will arise, if the European parliament succeeds in pushing through its plans to cut the availability of pesticides for use in agriculture.
11 September 2008
MEP calls for 'realistic' approach to spray ban
The EU must ensure crop protection products are safer, but not at the expense of massive cuts in food production, according to Conservative MEP Robert Sturdy.
10 September 2008
Eat more kangaroos and save the planet
Eating more kangaroos, and cutting back on beef and sheep consumption, is being advocated by Australian Wildlife Services in Canberra as a possible solution to climate change.
13 August 2008
Multi-million pound savings possible from BSE testing change
Moves are afoot in Brussels to raise the age at which animals have to be tested for BSE, potentially saving the meat industry millions of pounds in costs.
17 July 2008
Chinese poultry sector expanding rapidly
Figures highlight the breakneck speed at which the chicken industry in China is expanding - from 3bn birds in 2007 to 7bn by 2017.
10 July 2008
Finished pig prices could make further gains as supplies tighten
There is scope for further rises in finished pig prices as a combination of tighter EU supplies and a smaller UK breeding herd help push values higher.
30 June 2008
Global price outlook positive for UK beef farmers
The outlook for beef is strong and British beef farmers are well placed to meet growing demand, despite the pain of higher feed costs. Olivia Cooper reports
09 June 2008
Mixed outlook for UK pig sector as price gap widens
Higher prices and a recent downturn in feed costs has given pig producers some optimism recently, but fortunes could be improved further if supermarkets passed on a fairer proportion of the higher retail prices, writes Peter Crichton
04 June 2008
Food safety chief calls for relaxation of BSE controls
Europe's ban on the use of pig and poultry meat and bonemeal should be lifted, to release more grain for human consumption as so ease the world food crisis, according to head of the European Food Safety Authority, Patrick Wall.
03 June 2008
