POULTRY PRODUCERS MUST ACT NOW FOR FUNDING
With new rules and regulations affecting broiler chicken producers, Lantra Sector Skills Council today (5 July) advised those in Yorkshire and Humber and midlands to act now and get funded training before it’s too late.Under the new ‘broiler welfare directive’ training will be legally required for all staff working with poultry raised for meat. To prepare broiler producers for the changes, LandSkills is providing 70% and in the West Midlands 80% funding towards progressive poultry courses delivered by MVP training. Lantra’s Agricultural Industry Partnership Manager, Laura Biddick-Bray, said: