This new building will provide accommodation for free range birds where they will be able to produce eggs. It will be built at land near Moorhouse and Hosket Hill, outside Carlisle. Members of t...

A farmer claims he has been "done over" by East Riding Council after seeing his plans for a £1m free-range egg production unit refused by councillors. Chris Kirkwood said he believed council planni...

Earlier this year the poultry industry faced by a food poisoning scandal - nearly 75% of all supermarket chickens were found to be infected with the UK's most common cause of food poisoning, campyloba...

Guys. How many eggs have you had today? Seriously. I've had like four. I can't escape them. Eggs are everywhere thanks to some sort of perfect storm between the hipster foodies and the health freaks (...

A group of Lithuanian migrants who were trafficked to work in farms producing eggs for high street brands are suing a Kent-based gangmaster operation and its directors, in the first case of a UK compa...

A former business and IT college student who got a job as a farm hand just by chance now looks after 14,000 hens – and he says he can’t imagine doing anything else. Sam Waite, 24, has been managing...

It inspired one of the country’s most memorable advertising slogans. Now almost 60 years after Tony Hancock first urged Britons to ‘go to work on an egg’, it seems the modern generation is increasi...

We have a mystery playing out at Shoogly Towers. Sadly, it won’t make a case for the brilliant Mr Sherlock Holmes. The game, sadly, won’t be afoot any time soon in the chook run, Watson. What we ne...

A 150,000-bird poultry farm will double in size after being granted planning permission from council chiefs. Three new sheds will be built at Meadlowland in Sleap, near Wem, which will allow the ve...

Chicken owners were shocked when their bird laid a perfectly round egg - a chance they believe is one in a billion. The Wilson family, who own 10 chickens, and have kept poultry for five years, sai...

Data reveals that poultry prices have risen at an average rate of 1.6% per annum over the past 27 year

A Dutch farmers’ co-operative with operations in the UK is looking into the merits of feeding live insects to broilers as a source of protein. ForFarmers, which took over UK feed firm BOCM Pauls in...

Eggs in a kitchen exploded when they were left overheated. The contents splattered the walls and floor after the water in the boiling pan evaporated. And firefighters had to get into the propert...

An avian flu scare in Lancashire has hit the forthcoming Emley Show. Organisers of the top agricultural show have made the decision to cancel the poultry and egg section. A spokesperson said: “W...

East Northamptonshire Council is supporting the Food Standards Agency’s campaign to reduce levels of campylobacter on shop-bought chicken. The FSA estimates that about 280,000 cases of food poisoni...

Noble Foods, supplier of fresh eggs to the UK’s major retailers, has selected Paragon Software Systems’ Integrated Fleets planning solution as its strategic modelling tool of choice. The Paragon so...

Businesses wishing to gain first-time exhibitor access to next year’s British Pig & Poultry Fair will be able to apply for stand space from August 1, once repeat exhibitors have exercised their right ...

The duo behind Britain’s biggest egg supplier have received a cracking £16 million dividend, in spite of falling profits. Noble Foods, whose egg brands include the Happy Egg Company and Big and Fre...

Egg producer Fridays Ltd is inviting incensed villagers to a public exhibition on controversial proposals for chicken farm the size of 53 football pitches in Horsmonden. Feathers were flying when p...

A Leicestershire poultry farm is aiming to grow its egg packing and turnover by 20 per cent after investing in new machinery. Sunrise Poultry Farms, of Sileby, has invested in a £1.4 million machin...

Northern Irish poultry farmers are being urged to be vigilant after an outbreak of avian flu in England. The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in England established a Protection an...

Indians could be enjoying an abundance of cheap American chicken legs and wings within a year. After losing an appeal against the U.S at a World Trade Organization appellate body last month, Indian...

A case of H7N7 bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Lancashire, the government has said. All birds at the farm in Goosnargh, Preston, are being humanely culled, the Department for Envir...

Poultry farmers in the country have raised the alarm over activities of smugglers. The farmers noted that this heinous acts are negatively affecting their businesses and the nation’s economy as a who...

Protestors have vowed to renew their fight against a proposed poultry farm on the outskirts of Melton after an appeal was lodged against the borough council’s decision to refuse it. Agrinvest want ...

The 24,000 birds at Betty's Farm, in Willington, will be dispatched at the end of August if people do not come forward to adopt them, and the chickens will then be used in pies, soup and dog food. ...

A Devon chicken farmer caught growing cannabis has told a court he turned to drug dealing because it was more profitable than rearing animals. Edward James admitted growing cannabis plants worth £1...

A blaze which ripped through two poultry sheds has killed 4,000 pheasants. Fire crews from Boroughbridge, Easingwold, Thirsk and Ripon fought to save the birds at Brafferton in North Yorkshire at 0...

The owners of Moy Park, one of Grantham’s biggest employers, have agreed to sell the poultry processing company to the largest in the world, JBS. Moy Park employs more than 1,000 people at its Gran...

Egg throwers and amateur radio enthusiasts have joined forces in a bid to launch an egg into "space". Eggsplorer-1 was launched at the 10th annual World Egg Throwing Championships held at Swaton in...