Farmers Guardian articles from February 2002

Farmers Guardian archives from February 2002

Boost to hopes for the year.(Eva Hodgson's businesses)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Eva Hodgson from Hayfield, High Peak, Glossop, Derbyshire, with two of this year's first born pedigree Texel lambs. After the doom and gloom of last year these new lambs are bringing a much needed boost to her hopes for the year. Along with the...

Danes bid to take Express.(Arla Foods to acquire Express Dairies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... EXPRESS Dairies has confirmed that it is in preliminary talks about a possible takeover. Danish farmer owned dairy group Arla is reported to be the front runner although Express has not confirmed this. The news drove Express shares up by...

Investment in the future of fertiliser.(Glasson Fertilisers invests in new buildings)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... WITH production of its own-brand fertiliser outstripping capacity at its Glasson Dock base in Lancashire, Glasson Fertilisers has invested in a new five-acre site and blending plant north of Garstang. The new facility, with 50,000 square...

Outlook is for a meat recovery.(UK meat production)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... PREDICTIONS of an 8 per cent drop in UK meat production for the coming year are almost totally due to the effect of foot-and-mouth disease on breeding stock, but this could be the start of a recovery for the industry, according to the Meat and...

Urea levy to raise costs.(of fertilizers in the European Union)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... FARMERS face escalating urea prices following a European Commission decision to impose levies on it for another five years, a move that could push up the cost of other fertilisers. But the move blocks off a source of cheap urea from Eastern...

EC backs biotechnology.(European Commission policy on plant genetic engineering)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE European Commission has put its weight behind the use of biotechnology in food production, claiming this has the potential to deliver better and safer food, more sustainable agriculture and a better environment. These are the central...

Export refunds joy.(European Commission dairy management committee decision to increase them)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THERE has been a widespread welcome for the decision by the European Commission's dairy management committee to significantly increase export refunds. These were increased by 50 per cent for skim milk powder and by more modest amounts for...

CAP payments to be phased in.(European Common Agricultural Policy payments for new members)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... EUROPEAN Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler has confirmed he wants to phase in CAP payments for new member states over 5 to 10 years. This is a boost for farmers in existing member states, since it will take pressure off the CAP...

New ACC deadline.(Antur Cig Cymru in Wales red meat marketing promotion)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... CONCERN over the tight time-scale for industry consultation on far- reaching proposals to streamline red meat marketing and promotion in Wales has brought a swift response from the Welsh Assembly. Launching the full consultation document at...

Free breakfasts.
February 1, 2002... Gill Graham of the campaign group Ladies in Pigs and livestock farmer Marilyn Ivings prepare to serve up free breakfasts to the public at Chipping Norton Farmers' Market, Oxfordshire, as part of Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2002. Copyright:...

Views sought on NVZs.(Nitrate Vulnerable Zones in Wales)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... PROPOSALS to safeguard rivers and lakes in Wales against nitrate pollution from agricultural land were announced this week by Welsh Assembly Minister for Environment Sue Essex. She is seeking views on plans to extend the coverage in Wales...

Way ahead for beef.(UK beef industry and specialized production systems)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... THE UK beef industry should develop specialised production systems for the efficient production of 90 per cent VL processing beef, Scottish Agricultural College beef adviser Basil Lowman suggested. He visualised both pure Holstein bulls and...

Longevity leads to profit.(dairy cattle breeding)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... POTENTIAL profits are slipping through dairy farmers' fingers through a failure to increase herd genetics for longevity, said American consultant Dr David Selner. He told cattlemen most significant profit on dairy farms could be found in...

Adapting to change.(UK beef and dairy industries)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE link between the dairy and beef sectors in the UK is likely to dwindle increasingly over the next decade or so, Dr Duncan Pullar, MLC's ruminant specialist, forecast. Chairing the opening session of the conference, he suggested beef...

Showman's Directory.(2002 volume available)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... The 2002 Showman's Directory, described as one of the most comprehensive ever produced with more than 1,500 events listed including hundreds of agricultural and related shows, is now available. Copies, priced #18.50 are available from Lance...

IPPC meetings criticised.(integrated pollution prevention and control)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ARRANGEMENTS for a series of meetings to explain the impending integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) legislation to pig producers have been sharply attacked by former National Pig Association (NPA) chairman James Black. The...

`Public Enemy No.1' is jailed.(illegal exporting by John Walsh)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE rogue dealer blamed for spreading foot-and-mouth disease from the UK to Ireland last year told a court in Dublin this week how he brought in an illegal consignment of sheep, using bogus veterinary certificates, fake ear tags, false names...

Letter: Open-minded approach?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dr Peter Nettleton (FG, December 21) is reported as saying that although vaccination could be a strategy in preventing and dealing with future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, slaughter and disposal was the right method for dealing with the...

VIEWPOINT: Farming by committee.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Sir Don Curry or Delia Smith - who can do most for British farming? On the evidence of Sir Don's report on the future of British farming the bets must be with Delia. Why? Because every time Delia uses an identifiable British product - from...

Letter: Standstill rule challenged.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The National Beef Association believes the 20-day whole farm standstill regulation must be dropped before spring when its curb on inter-farm movements will make it impossible for most grass based livestock holdings to operate. Some...

Letter: What are real FMD slaughter figures?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Conservative front bench agriculture spokesman, Peter Ainsworth, recently asked Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for DEFRA how many farm animals had been slaughtered since September 30 last, when the FMD epidemic officially ended?...

THE VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: The only `cutting edge' tool in the kit.(agricultural policy of Sir Don Curry)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The central problem faced by Sir Don Curry in producing his report on the future of farming is that there simply aren't many new tools in the tool-kit. In fact, there is only one tool with a real cutting edge - modulation - so it is inevitable...

China ban re-ignites animal feed debate.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ILLICIT imports of potentially health-hazardous substances have been getting British farmers hot under their collective collars of late, particularly as most blame `dirty' meat imports for human consumption for the tragedy of foot-and-mouth...

New dairy products.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... A newly-developed, patents applied, teat cup which the manufacturers claim ensures udder health, milk quality and improves the milker's working environment was launched at Agromek 2002 recently. Unikflow has been developed by SAC - S. A....

A greater role for biological systems.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Veterinary medicine will rely increasingly on biological systems for the control of disease and infection in farm livestock with the use of drugs more and more limited to dealing with specific, acute, short term problems, believes Professor...

New UK index will help improve fertility.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Dairy farmers looking to improve fertility as part of their breeding programme should have a new UK fertility index to work with by January 2003, was the message from SAC's Mike Coffey at the recent British Cattle Breeders Club conference, held...

The `F' word in dairying.(fertility)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Fertility is the number one technical problem area for dairy farmers, according to surveys carried out by the Milk Development Council throughout last year. To assist farmers in beating this growing problem, many of the MDC's Regional...

`World first' mastitis kit available to farmers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The new Mastitis Sampling and Storage Kit, launched to vets in December by Intervet UK, has now been made available to farmers. The kit, believed to be a world first, allows farmers to freeze milk samples from cows displaying clinical cases...

Group aims to achieve consistency of analysis.(Forage Analysis Assurance)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Have you ever sent two samples of the same silage away for analysis, only to find that when the results come back they are as different as chalk and cheese? If yes, then you were not alone, but this may soon be a thing of the past. A new...

`We must explore every source of support'.
February 1, 2002... Never afraid to say what he thinks, HUGH RICHARDS is about to bow out as the NFU's president in Wales - with a view to encouraging the next generation. Farming must be seen as viable if more youngsters are to be attracted to it, he believes....

New farm skills needed.(University of Central Lancashire expands agricultural courses)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... NEWLY appointed head of agriculture at Newton Rigg, near Penrith, Cumbria, Alan Bean has denied rumours the college is winding down its land-based studies in favour of other educational programmes. Mr Bean said the University of Central...

Plea on plastic recycling.(farm plastic recycling plant proposed for Wales)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ATTEMPTS are under way to set up a waste farm plastic recycling plant in Wales instead of transporting it to Scotland. Montgomeryshire AM Mick Bates is calling for Welsh Assembly support for the introduction of a levy on manufacturers and...

1,200 sign petition.(UK government's handling of foot and mouth crisis)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... ALL-WALES Euro MP Eurig Wyn - a member of the newly-established EU foot- and-mouth inquiry team - has started receiving evidence from Wales. The Plaid Cymru MEP met West Wales agricultural scientist Jose MacDonald in Brussels to receive a...

Integrated techniques explained in guide.(`Arable Cropping and the Environment')
February 1, 2002... INTEGRATED farming allows farmers to maintain profit while enhancing the environment and how to achieve this is described in a new publication `Arable Cropping and the Environment', published by HGCA in association with DEFRA. The aim of...

First to win BASIS exam shield.(John Taylor awarded Barrie Orme Shield for crop protection)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... SUFFOLK-based farmer, John Taylor has become the first winner of the Barrie Orme Shield, which is to be awarded annually to the top candidate in the BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection exam. Introducing the award, BASIS chairman Windsor...

Drill for small seeds.(Nutritech and Landmec Pottinger test Fiona Drills' Air Harrow drill)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
February 1, 2002... NUTRITECH, the U.K. importer for Pichon, and Landmec Pottinger, the U.K. importer for Fiona Drills, have just finished a 12-month field trial on an Air Harrow drill (right) designed specially for sowing small seeds. The test unit was...

NZ still filling its quota.(shipments of New Zealand sheepmeat to UK)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 1, 2002... SHIPMENTS of New Zealand sheepmeat to the UK during 2001 stood at 87,210 tonnes (carcase weight equivalent) - down 12.6 per cent on the previous year - according to figures released by Meat New Zealand. Despite that decline, New Zealand...

First nursery win for Lad.(Lindley Moor sheepdog trials)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... SHEEPDOGS By Elaine Hill AT the second nursery trial to be held at Lindley Moor, once again all funds raised were donated to the ISDS. Malcolm Mason of Driffield judged the 42 entries. With run number 34 it was John Wood's Lad that...

Welsh food and drink.(Welsh Development Agency's Taste/Blas 2002 Wales Food and Drink Awards)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE first ever Wales national food and drink awards scheme has been launched by the Welsh Development Agency to promote `innovation, creativity and excellence'. Unveiled on St Dwynwen's Day - Wales' traditional feast day for its Patron...

EC `totally unprepared for enlargement' - MP.(Austin Mitchell discusses agriculture and European Union membership)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The European Commission is heading for `disaster' if it doesn't put its house in order pretty soon, agricultural select committee MP Austin Mitchell has warned. Speaking after cross-examining the deputy director general of the EC...

Family fun for one - and all.(farm tourism operators should market to single parent families)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... FARMERS who have diversified into the tourism industry are being urged to consider the possibility of trying to attract one-parent families. By 2003 there will be more one-parent than two-parent families, said Debbie Chinn, a Lancashire...

YFC Federation officers.
February 1, 2002... MARY Cartmail, a farmer's daughter from Lawnhead, Eccleshall, is the new county chairman of the Staffordshire Federation of YFCs. She is a past secretary and chairman of the Eccleshall club. The new county vice-chairman is Max Elsmore of...

Awards for top talkers.
February 1, 2002... A trip from Orkney proved worthwhile for Sandwick YFC when Scottish Young Farmers held the finals of their annual junior speech-making competition. Club members Adam Garriock, Nicola Stanger and Graham Poke took top honours at the...

EU test for sheep BSE.(European Union, bovine spongiform encephalopathy)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... AFTER the botched DEFRA trials to establish whether scrapie in sheep could be masking BSE the European Commission has agreed that some EU member states should undertake tests on sheep for evidence of BSE. This was agreed at the standing...

Force is stood down.(Foot and Mouth Task Force' )(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... Lancashire's `Foot and Mouth Task Force' has been stood down following recent announcements from the Government that the country is now free of the disease. The work of the Task Force will be taken on by the Lancashire Rural Partnership, which...

Confirmed BSE case.(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... BSE has been confirmed for the first time in an animal born in 1999, taking the number of cases in cattle born after current feed rules came in to 11. The animal from Northern Ireland, which was born in May 1999, was only about 33 months...

Export boost for UK sheep.(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE UK sheep industry is on the verge of a massive boost after EU vets gave the go ahead for the #31m live sheep export market to resume. The decision made by the EU Standing Veterinary Committee on Tuesday still has to be turned into...

Royal seal of approval for beef plant.(Buccleuch Scotch Beef )(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... PRINCE Charles, Duke of Rothesay, officially opened the new Buccleuch Scotch Beef plant during his visit to the site in Castle Douglas on Tuesday. The Buccleuch Scotch Beef business has been expanding since it took over the abattoir in...

Story of the WCF.(Worshipful Company of Farmers )(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... The history of the Worshipful Company of Farmers is told for the first time in a book published to mark its 50th anniversary by Michael Berlin. It is available from Phillimore and Co., Shopwyke Manor Barn, Chichester, West Sussex PO20 6BG at...

Promotional worker wins Farming Woman of Year award.(Gillian van der Meer)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... A LONG track record of promoting farming while at the same time diversifying her own family farming business has secured the NFU's Farming Woman of the Year award for East Sussex farmer Gillian van der Meer. Mrs van der Meer was presented...

Cull victim's `bitter' view.(dairy farmers on the management of foot-and-mouth epidemic)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE foot-and-mouth Lessons Learned inquiry team was in Wales this week sounding out views on what could be done to ease future disease outbreaks. "In social and economic terms last year's epidemic was one of the most fundamental and...

Back report, Curry tells NFU.(National Farmers Union)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... SIR Donald Curry has urged the NFU leadership and its members to embrace change and back the recommendations of his Policy Commission report. Speaking at the NFU conference in London yesterday he said the current situation in farming is...

Farmers beef up ban protest.(France's illegal ban on beef)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... FARMERS vented their continuing frustration at France's refusal to lift its illegal ban on British beef by sending a joint of the best British beef to the French Ambassador in London. In front of hundreds of delegates at the NFU's annual...

RABDF elections.(Council of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers )(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... The Council of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has voted in its chairman - Tim Brigstocke - and vice-chairman - Andrew Dyke - for the third year. Jim Harrison was re-elected treasurer and Aylesbury dairy farmer Roger Goodchild...

We must cut costs - BPA.(British pig producers)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... AS British pig producers fight to survive against competition from abroad, they have been urged to keep the pressure on processors and abattoirs to cut food supply chain costs on the other side of the farm gate. Repeating his call for...

Absence welcomed in Wales.(genetically modified trial crops not to be tested in Wales)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... NEWS that this year's 44 trial sites of genetically modified oilseed rape and beet crops are to be in England and Scotland has been welcomed in Wales. The focus by anti-GM groups has, however, now switched to maize crop trials for which...

Letter: Independence query.
February 8, 2002... Dr Iain Anderson has accepted the chairmanship of the Independent `Lessons Learned' Inquiry into foot-and-mouth disease. He will be acting as judge in the case of the The People vs The Government over the handling of the recent epidemic. ...

Letter: Chance to take effective action.
February 8, 2002... On January 22 I met a senior vet in the European Commission who is on the committee gathering information for an open inquiry into foot-and- mouth disease. I also met members of the EU parliamentary committee who are gathering information for...

Letter: `Second class' Britain?(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... What an outstanding article by Mike Keeble (Farmers Guardian, January 11) and from my own practical experience every word is true. I have seen and experienced those problem scruffy farms, problems which give the industry a bad name....

Letter: Spokesman for stores?
February 8, 2002... With reference to the front page article in Farmers Guardian, January 4, by Giselle Jones concerning milk prices, it was stated that Safeway's communications director Dr Kevin Hawkins wanted to make it clear that the reduction in milk price had...

A place for wildlife not food.(British public's opinion of the countryside)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... The great British public want the countryside to be a place for wildlife rather than as a source of much of their food. That is the result of a survey of almost 1,000 people commissioned by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ...

Tyre package.(Bridgestone/Firestone joins Syncro Energy Services)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... Bridgestone/Firestone have joined Syncro Energy Services, part of the Co-operative Group, to provide agricultural co-ops with a universal tyre supply package. The venture provides member farms with advice and technical assistance. ...

Machinery salesman.(appointment at Burgess)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... Burgess have appointed Mark Dixon agricultural machinery salesman for Lancashire. Mark will work out of the Rainford office. Copyright: CMP Information Ltd.

Simba's new cultivators.(Simba International's cultivators)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... SIMBA International's new X-Press cultivators (right) have two sets of opposed, scalloped 500mm discs followed by a 700mm DD ring press. They are designed for stubble cultivation to 75mm - 100mm depth in one pass, to incorporate chopped...

More equipment from Ireland.(to the United Kingdom)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
February 8, 2002... BOTH agricultural machinery and dairy equipment imports from Ireland to the UK are on the increase, according to figures from the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO). Exports of milking machines and dairy equipment to the UK in 2000 rose...

Lynx extend front linkage range.(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... NORTHAMPTON-based Lynx Engineering has expanded its Zuidberg front linkage range for McCormick tractors to cover non-suspended and suspended models in the 110 to 170hp MTX series. The linkages have the Zuidberg gas accumulator suspension...

Deere tops tractor league.(John Deere ahead in UK tractor market)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE UK tractor market was led by John Deere in 2000. With 29 per cent of total new tractor registrations, including compacts, Deere was well ahead of the competition, although had New Holland and Case (including Steyr) been combined, the...

New record Limousin breed average 4,114,00 pounds.(price of bulls)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... REACHING new heights, pedigree Limousin bulls set the scene on Tuesday at the Perth Spring Bull Sales recording a new average price of #4,114.12. This was the highest of any other Perth or Carlisle Limousin sale, the previous breed record...

8,000gns call leads Beef Shorthorns.
February 8, 2002... TOP call of 8,000gns in the Beef Shorthorn section was received by Harry Horrell who took double awards for a son of Loch Awe Lucky Jim, including junior and supreme champion bull. Father and son team, Harry and Charles Horrell, Thorney,...

4,200gns champion female.(several prize cattle purchases, UK)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE champion female Shorthorn, a May 2000-born entry from Harry Horrell, Thorney, Peterborough, led the females at 4,200gns. Sired by Loch Awe Lucky Jim and out of a Fingask Bergerac-sired dam, Podehole Rhapsody was bought,18-weeks in-calf to...

2,200gns Limousin female.(multiple cattle auction purchases, UK)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... LEADING the Limousin female sale was the champion, Ballinloan Redhot from Stuart Fotheringham, Dunkeld, Perthshire, realising 2,200gns. Sired by Cronshill Moses and out of a Ronick Apollo dam, she sold three months in-calf to Penedw Orion and...

Britain's favourite.(fish and chips named favorite takeout food)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... On the brink of British Chip Week (February 11-17), the British Potato Council (BPC) has proclaimed fish and chips Britain's favourite takeaway. In a survey, carried out for the BPC, comparing an average portion of fish and chips with chicken...

Fisheries review grant.(Wales)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... Welsh Rural Affairs Minister Carwyn Jones has announced Environment Agency Wales is to get #2.4m additional grant aid - #800,000 a year for the next three financial years - to implement recommendations contained in the Review of Salmon and...

Assembly is urged to adopt IPC philosophy.(Welsh Assembly, Independent Policy Commission)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... WHILE the farming unions in Wales have condemned such a move, CLA Wales is urging the Welsh Assembly to adopt a similar competitive philosophy as advocated by last week's Independent Policy Commission report aimed at reviving agricultural...

Family farms concern.(diary farms, Wales)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE future of the traditional family farm was the chief concern of Ceredigion farmers at a meeting with NFU deputy president Tim Bennett at the Talsarn farm of Aeron Jenkins and his family. Many said they had children who did not want to...

Forecast fair for dairy farmers.(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... CUMBRIAN dairy farmers face a `sticky few months', said NFU deputy president Tim Bennett at the county NFU's annual meeting at Penrith. Milk prices are likely to remain low for some time because of the strong pound, the depressed state of...

Island's MP warned.(financial losses for farms, Anglesey Island, Wales)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... TAKE action now to avoid a drain of young people in full time agriculture in Anglesey. That was the message for newly-elected local MP Albert Owen at the annual meeting of the island's NFU county branch. Retiring chairman Emlyn Roberts...

Cut costs - and co-operate.(National Farmers' Union advice to Welsh farmers)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... FARMERS must help themselves - the success of their businesses depends on it. That was the message given to the annual meeting of Meirion-nydd NFU by guest speaker Gareth Roberts of Pwllheli. "To succeed farmers must treat their farm as a...

Milk issues activist is branch choice.(Jim Birkettis joins National Farmers Union)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... LONG serving NFU member Jim Birkettis the new chairman of the union's Lancashire county branch. Mr Birkettis and his wife farm in partnership with his brother at Oxcliffe Road, Heysham, running a 250-acre mixed enterprise of dairy, beef and...

Barley kept clean even under high disease risk.(new fungicide, Opera tested in Ireland)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... THE ability of the new BASF fungicide Opera to keep barley crops clean even under conditions of high disease pressure has been demonstrated in independent trials in Ireland, the company has claimed. Opera, containing the new strobilurin...

A little extra care can reap real rewards.(better diet for ewes produces better lamb)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... GOOD management at and around lambing this spring offers farmers the potential to take full advantage of the improved lamb and breeding sheep prices that are expected in the aftermath of foot-and-mouth disease, says SAC sheep specialist, John...

Satisfying the market - maximising margins.(lamb industry)
February 8, 2002... DESPITE a depressed marketplace over the past 12 months, David and Elizabeth Hutton have been able to secure a commendable return on 100 per cent of lambs sold. The Huttons, in partnership with their son, Alan, farm approximately 500 mixed...

Welfare promotion.(Safeway raises funds for RSPCA)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... A promotion by Safeway to highlight awareness of the RSPCA's Freedom Food labelling scheme has raised over #20,000 for animal welfare and has also helped to increase barn egg sales. Throughout September, the retailer donated 2p and 5p from...

Fishmeal standard.(United Fish Products meets UKASTA standard)(Brief Article)
February 8, 2002... United Fish Product's Aberdeen factory has become the first fishmeal factory to gain UKASTA Feed Materials Assurance Scheme accreditation for the production of fishmeal. This standard is audited against a strict set of guidelines applicable to...