All Farming articles – Page 2
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Comment & OpinionDefra’s abrupt termination of the SFI is reprehensible
For farmers not to receive payment after opting under the terms of SFI to reduce productivity or forego income is morally repugnant
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NewsMedia Bites 14 March: EU exports, GDP, farmer incomes
British food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit
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NewsFarming confidence falls to all-time low, NFU survey finds
Farmer short-term confidence decreased by 10 points to –35 compared to –25 last year, and mid-term confidence has fallen even further from –22 to –38
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NewsAsda ends 100% British chicken pledge as it sources from Germany
The move ends the long-running convention where all major UK supermarkets sourced only British fresh chicken
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NewsMedia Bites 13 March: Asda, shoplifting, Trump tariffs fallout
The Telegraph has picked up on the latest round of Asda job cuts, while the BRC’s latest shoplifting figures are causing consternation
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NewsSupermarkets ‘ignoring’ meat and dairy methane emissions
New research by Changing Markets and Mighty Earth found the world’s largest supermarkets had failed to address their methane emissions
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NewsWalsh Mushrooms Group invests £10m in state-of-the-art mushroom facility
Construction on the facility begins next month, with completion expected by the end of the year
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NewsFarmers outraged as key sustainable farming subsidy closed at short notice
The farming sector has been blindsided by the announcement to close applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive
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NewsYeo Valley Production snaps up The Collective yoghurt brand
Yeo Valley said the deal would enable more opportunities for The Collective to ’deliver innovative dairy’ to British fridges
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NewsArla suspends farm after exposé reveals 'routine' animal cruelty
Campaign group Animal Justice Project said cows at one of Arla’s suppliers were violently kicked, punched, and struck with pipes
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NewsWaitrose launches net zero fund for British farmers
The fund is part of Waitrose’s Farming For Nature Programme and will finance projects that will support the adoption of low-carbon farming practices
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NewsCo-op to adopt Müller Direct milk price in £1m boost for dairy farmers
The retailer’s change follows the signing of a new supply deal with the dairy giant
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NewsUK ‘walking into major food safety and security storm’, horsemeat scandal expert warns
Professor Chris Elliott, who led on the horsemeat scandal response to government, was one of many experts who warned of food safety threats
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News‘Stock exchange for cows’ platform raises £1m in seed funding
The ‘first of its kind’ platform is the brainchild of Murray Roos, former head of capital markets at the London Stock Exchange
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NewsAvara sees losses grow to almost £50m in wake of major restructuring
The business also saw a near 12% fall in turnover, but stressed its restructure now left it with a ’more efficient and productive supply chain’
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InterviewsFarshad Kazemian: the butcher on a sustainable mission
The Ethical Butcher founder Farshad Kazemian wants Brits to eat more meat. He talks scaling up to the mults and why regenerative is the way forward
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NewsMcCain launches regenerative farming campaign with Rachel Brosnahan
Research from McCain has shown most people are not sure what regenerative agriculture is or its role in mitigating the impacts of climate change
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Analysis & FeaturesNFU Conference: what could Steve Reed offer angry farmers?
Faced with furious questions and protests, Reed tried in vain to reassure a farming sector left reeling by the much-hated ‘family farm tax’
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NewsLabour accused of ‘GMO free-for-all’ ahead of new bill amendment
Labour published a new draft of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025 on Tuesday
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NewsMedia Bites 26 February: Unilever CEO, agriculture’s “cashflow crisis”, retail jobs at risk
Unilever has ousted chief executive Hein Schumacher, who has been little more than a year and a half at the helm