 Dont miss another chance to shape your farming future
(21 February 2008)
Could you stand the heat of the Dragon's Den? Have you got what it takes to hold your nerve and keep a great business idea alive?
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 Snapshot winner
(28 November 2007)
Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) Chairman, Peter Barr CBE, presented a Barbour jacket to Andrew Mycock from Holly House Farm, Flagg near Buxton last week. Andrew received the jacket on behalf of his wife Rachel, who is one of three lucky winners from a prize draw of producers who completed Snapshot questionnaires over the season of summer shows held across the country.
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 Masterclass improves efficiency by 117%
(16 November 2007)
With an increase in efficiency of more than 117% Masterclass has proved its worth through applying simple changes to everyday practice on an East Anglian outdoor pig unit.
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 Gilt management
(30 October 2007)
A view from Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) benchmarking club members.
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 Tracing beef for engine parts
(29 October 2007)
Cranfield University recently turned to Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) to learn about traceability in the beef supply chain. This was in support of an Operations Excellence MSc run for Manufacturing Engineering delegates of Rolls-Royce Aerospace. You may wonder what the beef supply chain has got to do with jet engines.
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 Gut reaction conference
(24 October 2007)
The great and the good from the meat processing industry gathered in Dunchurch for the Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) and English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX) gut room conference.
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 Clubbing together for success
(22 August 2007)
Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) recently held two regional farm field days to celebrate the success of its farm business improvement clubs.
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 Gut reaction
(21 August 2007)
Gut reaction - not a bad case of indigestion but an opportunity to find out how to make your gut room more profitable.
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 Thinking of going organic?
(15 August 2007)
RMIF have published a web booklet looking at barriers to organic red meat production and some of the solutions.
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 On course for business improvement
(09 August 2007)
15 candidates will embark on a unique course designed to find the next generation of leaders in the red meat industry on Monday at Cranfield University.
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 Supply chain improvements could reap as much as 500 million
(09 August 2007)
Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) has recently published the Whole Chain suite of documents to give everyone involved in the red meat industry - from producer to end-user - the opportunity to benefit from a potential minimum uplift of 500 million per annum.
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 Diagnostic tool reveals common issues
(09 August 2007)
Nine NACB (National Association of Catering Butchers) members have taken advantage of Red Meat Industry Forum's (RMIF) diagnostic too, In-Site, to help improve their businesses.
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 Food for thought on rising costs
(26 July 2007)
Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) and Agrosoft have launched a booklet to help pig producers reduce the impact of increasing feed costs.
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 All you ever wanted to know
(24 July 2007)
The UK meat industry in figures, from farm to fork is a major new publication from the Meat and Livestock Commission economics.
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 QBOX joins the party
(03 July 2007)
With the addition of qbox to Red Meat Industry Forum's (RMIF) benchmarking system and British Pig Executive's (BPEX) run British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS), producers can now access via the web all the tools they need to help create a successful business.
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 Good HACCP can add value to your business
(19 June 2007)
Martin Grantley-Smith, Chief Executive, Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) is convinced this is the case. RMIF and Meat Training Council (MTC) has completed a programme with 100 small and medium sized meat businesses to demonstrate that HACCP can be used to improve operational efficiency.
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 Assessing the competition
(22 May 2007)
The first annual progress report of Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) Global Compete project has been published this week. The project aims to develop robust international cost comparisons, identify areas of global best practice and create a network of international business improvement experts.
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 Developing leaders of tomorrow
(15 May 2007)
Last chance to enrol on course to develop your next generation business leaders. This unique management development programme provides the necessary skills to drive change and improvements in every area of a red meat business to help move it towards world class performance and profitability.
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 Pig farmers plug into masterclass benefits
(09 May 2007)
What was a bunch of pig producers doing putting plugs together? Learning the tools and techniques for improving productivity on their farms, a strange analogy, but one that got everyone thinking at a Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF) and Agrosoft pig farm operational improvement workshop held at Newbury recently.
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NACB members take advantage of RMIF diagnostic
(09 May 2007)
RMIF is offering all NACB (National Association of Catering Butchers) members the chance to improve their business by using a new diagnostic tool, developed by Cambridge University, that looks at the management team objectives for the company, as well as comparing current company practices to best practices learnt elsewhere.
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 Entrepreneurs secure a farming future
(04 May 2007)
80 young men and women shared their enthusiasm to secure a future in farming at The Future is in Your Hands event. The conference showed that the next generation of farmers are a force to be reckoned with who will not be squashed by rules or regulations or the lack of farm subsidies.
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 British red meat industry needs effective supply chains
(04 May 2007)
Martin Grantley-Smith, Chief Executive Red Meat Industry Forum (RMIF), spoke of the importance of effective supply chains to maintain the profitability of the red meat industry at the Institute of Agricultural Engineers Annual Conference at the East of England Showground, Peterborough on Thursday May 3rd.
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The future's in your hands
(17 April 2007)
RMIF takes the lead in a groundbreaking event for young people determined to make a successful future in farming. In association with Farmers Weekly and its industry partners, RMIF is holding a one-day event for young entrepreneurs.
It is a chance to learn how you can shape your business and your future in agriculture.
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 RMIF at NFU Conference
(13 March 2007)
The NFU Conference had its sights firmly set on the future. RMIF supported this theme with a stand focusing on the importance of knowing where you are heading with your business whether you are a small or large enterprise.
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 Are you going to the NFU conference?
(22 February 2007)
Come along to RMIF stand at the NFU conference on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 February and you could win a Barbour jacket.
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