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Farmers have reacted angrily to a threat from Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths to ‘close’ chicken sheds in order to tackle water pollution.

Ranjit Singh Boparan has warned supply of chicken and turkey was under threat

Farms are being urged not to overlook the effect of rising temperatures on livestock and to take precautionary measures against heat stress after the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warning.

The fire was believed to have be started by an ’accidental ignition’

With the industry spotlight firmly on net zero aspirations, conversation in the final session of this year’s online pig and poultry forums turned to the poultry sectors’ greatest contributor to emissions - feed.

The origin of feed is becoming a key issue for livestock producers, but care is needed transitioning to sustainable protein sources.

Younger consumers in particular were buying more eggs

Recent research has concluded that feeding mealworms a diet of wheat bran combined with the enzyme phytase significantly increases their mineral composition. Hannah Noble reports.

A broiler poultry enterprise is an ideal fit for the Hodgson family’s Cumbrian arable and farm contracting business.

Birmingham based Amber Real Estate Investment (Amber REI) has formally started a planning process which, if successful, could deliver new poultry processing facilities at Coupar Angus, already the largest and only plant of