http://www.theranger.co.uk www.theranger.co.uk RSS news stories en-gb 7/30/2010 8:40:38 PM 60 http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21448 A campaign to promote Lion Quality egg products seems to be proving successful, with a number of new... 6/4/2010 9:58:29 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21447 A report by the Soil Association confirms that organic sales slumped in 2009 after more than a decad... 6/4/2010 9:57:45 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21446 The Free Range sector has seen accelerating expansion in recent years. The banning of convention... 6/4/2010 9:56:43 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21445 The agricultural industry needs to restore trust in food labelling. That was one of the messages to ... 6/4/2010 9:55:58 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21444 There was good news for egg producers at the Pig and Poultry Fair, with a prediction of lower soya p... 6/4/2010 9:55:19 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21443 The egg industry was very different to the dairy industry, said Stonegate's Richard Kempsey when... 6/4/2010 9:54:43 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21442 Organic egg producers who are hoping for an end to falling demand will find no comfort in the views ... 6/4/2010 9:54:02 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21441 The future continues to look bright for free range eggs. Free range could account for as much as 50 ... 6/4/2010 9:52:16 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21432 At last we have a new Government appointed or should I say Governments and as you can imagine they w... 5/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21440 Buying raw materials a decade ago was a more straightforward process than today. Wheat went up £1/m... 5/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21431 Your Council met for the second time this year on the 9th March when I had the pleasure of welcoming... 4/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21439 Soya has been the main focus for the past two weeks; in last month's column we mentioned the imp... 4/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21424 The first Freedom Food producers have already taken advantage of the RSPCA's acceptance of incre... 3/23/2010 8:34:20 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21423 Natural England has now agreed to consult farmers about its controversial plans to introduce Sea Eag... 3/23/2010 8:32:52 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21422 Egg producers could face dire consequences if they are only slightly late with one of their National... 3/23/2010 3:28:16 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21421 There was a time when we were all exhorted to 'go to work on an egg.' Well we now know that ... 3/23/2010 3:12:49 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21420 The British Free Range Egg Producers Association is warning longstanding producers that they need to... 3/23/2010 2:57:51 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21430 Another month has quickly passed and it is time for my next Chairman's comments. I represente... 3/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21438 The `Funds' have reduced their positions of commodities since the beginning of the year, and tha... 3/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21419 The Polish Government has asked the EU to delay the ban on the use of conventional cages for fives y... 2/15/2010 10:48:52 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21418 Figures released by Defra and the European Union show that the United Kingdom has done much better t... 2/1/2010 12:45:19 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21426 The snow has finally gone and I can see that our own birds are beginning to range further from their... 2/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21436 The credit crunch rollerball moves on, leaving the banks behind, and now playing skittles with the i... 2/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21417 The status of UK egg production as among the safest in the world has been reinforced by the results ... 1/29/2010 6:10:24 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21416 John Retson is not alone in his concern that the market could become oversupplied with free range eg... 1/22/2010 8:43:48 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21425 As your new Chairman I would like to take this opportunity to wish all BFREPA Members a very happy a... 1/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21435 A New Year, a new decade. So the teenies follow the noughties? One would hope that our politicians m... 1/1/2010 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21415 The happy egg co., the free-range egg producer has been awarded 'most successful grocery brand l... 12/10/2009 5:11:42 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21414 Half of the hens currently in conventional cages in European Union states will fail to make the swit... 12/10/2009 4:36:15 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21412 This will be my last comment. As you know I am now no longer Chairman having handed over to John Ret... 12/10/2009 12:16:46 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21411 Some time ago we asked people to nominate for this year's BFREPA awards. We are still evaluating... 12/10/2009 12:16:14 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21410 Free range egg producers could do better. That was the view put forward by Steve Pritchard of Premie... 12/10/2009 11:35:37 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21409 Noble Foods has announced that only Lion quality eggs will go into its egg processing facilities fro... 12/10/2009 11:27:26 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21408 British Egg Industry Council chairman Andrew Parker has blasted Government inaction after imported S... 12/10/2009 11:25:24 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21433 January futures wheat has been trading at £107 +/-£1 for 24 days up to the second week in December, ... 12/1/2009 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21407 The Minister for Farming and Environment, Jim Fitzpatrick, has re-affirmed his determination to seek... 11/10/2009 3:44:57 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21434 Wheat is in plentiful supply and yet prices continue to follow Chicago and currency; we fail to see ... 11/1/2009 12:00:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21406 Sub-standard eggs will flood into the EU as a result of the European Union's ban on conventional... 10/29/2009 10:26:03 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21405 On-farm stamping is to be adopted as part of the Lion code from the end of this year. And the move h... 10/29/2009 10:19:21 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21404 Free range egg producers in Norfolk appear to have succeeded in their fight against plans for the in... 10/29/2009 9:43:10 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21403 A new marketing campaign is to be launched to promote organic, following further evidence that eggs ... 10/29/2009 9:27:27 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21402 In the harvest years 2008 and 2009, the world has enjoyed two really good wheat harvests, about 680 ... 10/29/2009 6:24:51 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21401 As all of you know by now RSPCA/Freedom Food have agreed to increase the external stocking density f... 10/29/2009 6:20:05 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21400 The RSPCA has now agreed to an increase in the external stocking density on Freedom Food free range ... 9/30/2009 2:45:54 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21399 The RSPCA has announced today that it will be increasing the maximum permitted outside range stockin... 9/30/2009 1:07:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21398 During the early days of the credit crunch, November wheat futures fell from £156 on the 26th June 2... 9/19/2009 4:13:08 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21397 The other day I was thinking how much the free range sector has changed since I started in 1994. My ... 9/19/2009 4:11:18 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21396 Skin problems are generally uncommon in commercial free range flocks but can occur and this month&#3... 9/16/2009 3:07:32 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21395 Scottish egg producer John Campbell says on-farm egg stamping is an unnecessary cost for free range ... 9/16/2009 10:07:53 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21394 The UK Government is pressing the EU to address the issue of GM crops to avert feed costs spiralling... 9/16/2009 9:40:52 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21393 The impending ban on conventional laying cages could well put extra pressure on pullet rearers and i... 9/16/2009 9:31:52 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21392 Two of the major packers have cut payments to producers just two months after increasing their rates... 9/16/2009 9:29:45 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21391 Two of the major packers have cut payments to producers just two months after increasing their rates... 9/8/2009 9:45:15 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21388 In the post-credit crunch world, it is virtually impossible to predict price movement in commodities... 8/25/2009 10:17:29 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21387 In previous Ranger articles we have likened the performance of the laying chicken to that of an Olym... 8/25/2009 10:01:49 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21386 Very occasionally a feed mill may make a mistake. This is not knock the mill time, because it is im... 8/25/2009 9:54:50 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21384 The organic sector should seek to reverse a decision permitting the use of fishmeal in organic pig a... 8/25/2009 9:33:57 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21383 Producers of Lion egg products have highlighted the success of their current marketing campaign, wit... 8/25/2009 9:27:18 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21382 Worldwide representatives of the egg industry will get together in Canada next month for a four-day ... 8/25/2009 9:25:12 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21381 One study that has already won funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Counc... 8/25/2009 9:20:43 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21380 The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) has agreed to partly fund proposed researc... 8/25/2009 9:15:35 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21379 The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has welcomed a Government decisio... 8/25/2009 9:14:07 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21378 A student has won national recognition for her work in helping new producers into the free range egg... 8/25/2009 9:05:48 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21377 An Irish businessman has agreed to be extradited to the UK over his alleged involvement in egg fraud... 8/25/2009 9:05:07 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21376 I am pleased to be able to report that, at last, there is some movement over the external stocking d... 8/25/2009 8:15:25 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21375 The UK Government has now indicated how it intends to introduce the EU ban on conventional cages – a... 8/5/2009 3:50:21 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21389 Last month our best guess was that soya at $12/bushel had yet to hit its peak and wheat looked overd... 7/25/2009 10:17:48 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21374 More than 80 per cent of BFREPA members who took part in a survey on the impact of increased externa... 7/17/2009 4:23:20 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21373 We now have the result of the external stocking density survey. We had 66 responses with a total inc... 7/17/2009 9:50:45 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21372 A scientist in New Zealand has developed a test that could help to prevent cage eggs being fraudulen... 7/16/2009 1:54:24 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21370 A couple of months ago, we were worried about both soya and wheat. Last month we said soya was looki... 6/22/2009 10:55:44 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21367 I have just finished cleaning out my 16000 bird shed following depletion of the flock. As always, it... 6/22/2009 10:26:46 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21366 The number of positive salmonella tests in laying flocks is expected to be low when the first Nation... 6/18/2009 9:07:50 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21365 Scottish egg producer John Campbell has launched an attack on Noble Foods for heavily discounting it... 6/18/2009 9:02:19 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21364 British authorities have applied for the extradition of an Irish businessman for his alleged involve... 6/17/2009 2:32:32 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21363 The number of egg marketing inspectors in England and Wales has been reduced in a Government shake-u... 6/12/2009 8:58:57 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21362 BFREPA is to help fund trials on free range farms to persuade the RSPCA to support Lion's decisi... 6/8/2009 7:39:55 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21390 Last month we reported that raw material markets felt strange - this month we feel that raw material... 5/25/2009 10:22:08 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21371 Last month we reported that raw material markets felt strange - this month we feel that raw material... 5/22/2009 10:58:48 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21368 I have to report that there is still no positive news from RSPCA about the proposed external stockin... 5/22/2009 10:30:29 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21361 BFREPA (British Free Range Egg Producers Association) chairman Tom Vesey says the RSPCA is dragging ... 5/13/2009 1:59:54 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21360 The European Union has denied claims by Compassion in World Farming that it could be about to scrap ... 5/11/2009 12:12:11 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21359 Both BFREPA and the NFU have called for Defra to put its own house in order before seeking to impose... 5/6/2009 10:09:15 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21346 There is an increasing likelihood that there will be a national shortage of eggs by 1st January 2012... 4/24/2009 8:29:11 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21357 Vaccination plays an essential role in protecting the health of laying flocks in the UK. Pullets ... 4/16/2009 2:37:51 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21354 The Ranger magazine provides a whole host of husbandry and veterinary information to free range egg ... 4/16/2009 1:31:32 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21353 A recent study into the threat of avian influenza to egg farms found that a significant number of un... 4/16/2009 12:13:26 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21352 That's the message from consumers in the current recession, according to Richard Lewis of CIES, ... 4/16/2009 12:12:58 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21351 An economic analyst has warned that egg producers could face huge increases in the cost of feed unle... 4/16/2009 12:07:18 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21349 The fast food giant McDonald's will remain committed to free range eggs despite the pressures of... 4/16/2009 9:57:02 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21348 The ban on conventional cages will lead to a shortage of eggs in Europe. That is the view of Prof H... 4/16/2009 9:55:43 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21358 This Easter saw the biggest weekend in egg sales for more than 20 years. Sales of the traditional e... 4/15/2009 2:56:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21356 The Ranger magazine provides a whole host of husbandry and veterinary information to free range egg ... 4/15/2009 2:51:50 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21355 A Dutch food company is working on an egg-based product that it claims could help children perform b... 4/15/2009 2:47:15 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21350 At the Spring Meeting of the British Veterinary Poultry Association in Harrogate, Claire Knott was e... 4/15/2009 2:36:23 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21347 The raw material markets feel strange at the moment. Some of the financial gurus have made statement... 4/15/2009 2:32:00 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21345 Noble Foods made a loss during the year in which it was formed through the merger of Deans Food Gro... 4/15/2009 2:29:37 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21332 For many free range egg producers there is now absolutely no incentive to produce Very Large eggs. ... 3/19/2009 8:47:20 AM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21340 Blackacre Farm Eggs in Templecombe, Somerset is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Started by husban... 3/18/2009 9:32:10 PM http://www.theranger.co.uk?show=newsArticle&id=21341 Following the success of conferences in the snow in 2007 and 2008, 24 poultry producers and lecturer... 3/18/2009 9:31:35 PM