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  • Honey properties and uses

    Honey Properties and Uses by Ann Chilcott Ann is a Scottish expert beemaster and spends a lot of time teaching beekeepers, mentoring beginners and learning more about honey bees herself. She lives in the Scottish Highlands and shares her beekeeping

  • Life on a Scilly smallholding

    Growing produce and rearing livestock, the Eggins love island life The opportunity to take on the tenancy of Hillside Farm in 2015 saw two dreams comes true for the Eggins family, Ruth, Graham and their three children Sam, Lizzie and Martha. We

  • UK's first food and drink provenance centre announced

    The foundations have been laid to stamp out food fraud and give power back to the consumer with the unveiling of plans to build the country’s first national centre dedicated to food and drink transparency. Food provenance pioneer, Happerley, revealed

  • UK beef industry survival under threat, warns NBA

    Struggling beef producers have been hit with a £68 million reduction in cattle value over the last 12 weeks, in comparison to the same period in 2018, the National Beef Association (NBA) has announced. This equates to the value of 70,000 store cattle

  • Salmonella vaccine go-ahead for pigs

    Pig farmers in 12 European countries including the United Kingdom will now be able to protect their herds against the growing problem of Salmonella Typhimurium. Salmoporc, launched by Ceva, has been used on German and Polish farms for over 15 years

  • Salmonella vaccine go-ahead for pigs

    Pig farmers in 12 European countries including the United Kingdom will now be able to protect their herds against the growing problem of Salmonella Typhimurium. Salmoporc, launched by Ceva, has been used on German and Polish farms for over 15 years