All Farming articles – Page 74
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Comment & Opinion
Keep-fit pig’s poop causes farm fire
From stampeding cattle to quad bike crashes, farming is a dangerous job
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Comment & Opinion
Tell it to the bees: brands must deliver on their pro-pollinator promises
Brands would be wise to bear in mind the risks of ‘bee-washing’
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News
Eustice: British farmers should not be ‘spooked’ by post-Brexit competition
The new Defra secretary made the comments at the NFU Conference in Birmingham
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News
NFU president brands lower-standard post-Brexit food imports idea ‘insane’
Minette Batters called for the government to protect ‘high’ UK standards in future trade deals
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News
Eustice replaces Villiers at Defra after cabinet reshuffle
The former farming minister’s promotion has been welvomed by food industry bodies
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News
Processors facing another shortage of UK potatoes following heavy rain
Following the wettest autumn since 2012, potatoes are hitting the market at lower grades with ‘higher than usual’ levels of wastage
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News
Supermarkets urged to do more to communicate antibiotic reduction work
Retailers were overlooking the misuse of antibiotics in their supply chains, claimed the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics
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News
Climate committee revives calls for meat tax to cut emissions
The independent committee is calling for a 20% reduction in meat and dairy consumption to help reach the government’s 2050 net-zero target
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Analysis & Features
What does the food industry make of the government’s new agriculture bill?
While the bill has been given a cautious welcome from industry, concerns over trade could derail its ambitions
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News
Villiers pledges trade talk walkout over food standards if necessary
Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, the environment secretary promised to defend food standards in post-Brexit trade talks
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News
French food brand C’est qui le Patron set for UK launch
The brand pays a premium to farmers through a higher retail price
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Comment & Opinion
SAWS extension is as helpful to growers as Boris Johnson’s mopping
Poor weather and a lack of labour is devastating potato and cereal crops
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News
British egg sector agrees on ‘much higher’ new barn standards
The standards follow a series of commitments by the major supermarkets to stop selling eggs from caged hens
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News
Farmers urge review of Tomlinsons collapse and milk profitability crisis
The NFU said Tomlinsons’ fall into administration brought the issues facing the liquid milk market into ‘sharp focus’
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News
New tariff update is a ‘betrayal’ of British food sector, says industry
The government’s amended tariff schedule would open the UK up to cheap food imports, the NFU warned
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News
Red Tractor revives 2018 prime time TV ad in £1m marketing push
The ‘Britain’s Biggest Farmers Market’ campaign aims to tap into consumer trends for buying local food
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News
Müller to review Scottish farmer base after spike in milk production
A 25% increase in milk production since 2014 has meant its Scotland supply base is ‘unsustainable’
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News
Food execs head to Uganda to raise money for Farm Africa
They will plant 1,000 trees on 80 acres of coffee farmland to give the coffee plants the shade they need to grow
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Analysis & Features
Pea protein: The multi-million pound ingredient that’s driving the vegan boom
It’s versatile, vegan-friendly and could soon be worth nearly £150m globally. So what’s behind the rapid rise of the yellow split pea?
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Comment & Opinion
The M&S tie-up with Infarm is about far more than fancy herbs
The installation of vertical herb farms in M&S stores shows its commitment to both freshness and sustainability