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Price volatility is a well-documented feature in egg production. But when Ben Anthony and Diana Fairclough weighed up egg farming returns against income from their suckler beef and sheep enterprises, the figures stacked up – even when they factored in market dips.
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Peter Cumbers, Joice and Hill Sales Director, accompanied hatchery staff on a hugely valuable and enlightening two-day series of farm visits, hosted by Country Fresh Pullets
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Black soldier fly larvae bred in a converted shipping container are helping to meet the feed requirements of hens at a Powys free range egg farm and drive down its carbon footprint.
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Small adjustments to the egg collection and sorting equipment at a Welsh free range unit has resulted in fewer eggs being graded as 'seconds'.
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UK producers are world leaders in keeping salmonella derived from eggs out of the human food chain, thanks to stringent control measures carried out by the entire poultry sector. At Country Fresh Pullets, the vaccination regime...
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For Conwy farmer Llyr Jones, building a new poultry was a holistic solution to Brexit that enabled him to maximise other assets on his holding. His 16,000-hen shed, which began operating in January, is self-sufficient in terms of electricity...
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When June and Frank Armstrong’s power supply company quoted a figure of £150,000 to hook up their new poultry shed to the mains electricity network, it forced a rethink. The Armstrongs had been milking 130 cows...
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A farm in rural Herefordshire has become the first in the country to reach a big landmark in the poultry farming industry. Wellington Farm near Bromyard...
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