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Director of Policy Report - 12th December 2011

What an amazing first month! Our Chairman has tasked me to get out and about and learn about the industry and, with the help of BFREPA members and others working in the sector, I’ve been given a great...

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Director of Policy report - 20th December 2011

Defra has now announced its policy for dealing with illegally produced eggs from European Union after 1 January 2012. For shell egg, AVHLA will perform a UV test to identify illegal egg. In the event...

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Director of Policy report - 24th January 2012

Farming Minister Jim Paice announced in Brussels on 10 January that 32 caged production sites in the UK are not compliant with the EU’s Welfare of laying hens Directive. Reports in the media about the...

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Director of Policy report - 10th February 2012

I concluded my last month’s report by saying that I would update you on a variety of initiatives that your Council is considering to deal with low free range egg prices. Contracts, branding, rewards...

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Director of Policy report - 12th March 2012

I am writing this after completing a third of the Roadshows that are taking place around the country. During this period of two weeks, the atmosphere at the meetings has changed from despondency to...

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Director of Policy report - 11th April 2012

The rise in EU egg prices that started at the beginning of the year is levelling out at the time of writing (29 March). European Commission data shows that EU egg prices fell back by 0.6% for the week...

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Director of Policy report - 6th May 2012

The BFREPA Roadshows around the country finished in the Borders of Scotland on 5 April. A separate report on members’ views and feedback to the Association at the meetings is covered elsewhere in this...

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Director of Policy report - 20th June 2012

EU egg prices have continued to slide since they peaked in the second week of March. As it is the EU egg price that has been distorting UK free range egg prices since the implementation of the EU...

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Director of Policy report - 17th July 2012

Last month’s Ranger contained a sobering report on Peter Thornton’s presentation at the Pig and Poultry Fair. Confirming the concerns already expressed by our Chairman on the prospects for 2013, the...

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Director of Policy report - 15th August 2012

Planning has begun for a feed crisis campaign to raise awareness of our plight across all stakeholder groups ’ consumers, government and the supply chain. It will not be a short campaign and, if we...

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Director of Policy report - 3rd October 2012

Apologies for the radio silence last month. I went down with appendicitis and spent a week in hospital on an antibiotic drip. I am pleased to say that the offending appendix is coming out on 16...

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Director of Policy report - 18th December 2012

Since the conference, the Chairman of the All Party Group for Pigs and Poultry, Neil Parish, has announced that the Group intends to publish a report “exploring the issues facing our egg, poultry meat...

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Director of Policy report - 16th January 2013

My current priority is to build cross-industry support for the Bristol University beak tipping trials. The concept of finding ‘promissory notes’ to fund any potential losses incurred by units taking...

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Director of Policy report - 8th March 2013

The last month has seen alot of press interest in food and farming policy. Equally there has been much activity behind the scenes which has not found its way into the press. The difficulty for BFREPA...

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Director of Policy report - 9th April 2013

The hot topic over the last month has been perches. On 6 March I attended a meeting with Defra to discuss the implications of a ‘pre-infraction’ letter from the European Commission challenging the...

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Director of Policy report - 29th May 2013

I am pleased to be able to report that NEMAL, NFU and BFREPA have reached an outline agreement on the ADAS costings. Not only will these costings create a vitally important benchmarking tool for...

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Director of Policy Report - June 2013

The temperature has risen in the beak-treatment debate as a result of BFREPA members lobbying their MPs and a heated Beak Trimming Action Group (BTAG) Steering Committee meeting on 30 April. It was...

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Director of Policy report: July 2013

I am conscious that working behind the scenes on policy issues does not always provide tangible benefits to BFREPA members. Building relationships with policy-makers at governmental, non-governmental...

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Director of Policy report: August 2013

Agriculture Minister David Heath is still committed to banning beak treatment in 2016, following a review in 2015, according to the letter he sent to the Chairman of the Beak Trimming Action Group...

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Directory of Policy Report: September 2013

We are now feeling the full force of the market disruption caused by the EU cage ban of January 2012 as overproduction from new colony units is impacting on both EU and UK markets. As the graph...

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