All Farming articles – Page 94
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Analysis & FeaturesEl Niño weather phenomenon to return in 2014
Brace yourselves: El Niño looks like it’s on its way back…
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NewsUK to produce an extra 1.4bn litres of milk a year
Britain’s dairy farmers are on course to produce an additional 1.4 billion litres a year of milk within five years…
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Comment & OpinionThe UK needs more plants and fewer animals
The IPCC climate change report last week said agricultural productivity was likely to reverse…
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NewsFormer NFU boss Peter Kendall to chair AHDB
Peter Kendall, the former president of the National Farmers’ Union, has become the new chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
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NewsPeter Kendall takes World Farmers' Organisation presidency
Peter Kendall, the former president of the NFU, has taken a new role in agriculture with the World Farmers’ Organisation…
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NewsBadger cull rollout paused as Defra launches bovine TB strategy
The government will not roll out badger culling across the country until changes have been made in the existing cull areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset, Owen Paterson has said.
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NewsTesco raises milk price paid to dairy farmers
Tesco has slashed the price of milk in its stores, but the price it pays dairy farmers is moving up.
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NewsEast of England Co-op names Lane Farm Producer of the Year
Pork supplier Lane Farm Country Foods has been named Producer of the Year 2014 by the East of England Co-op…
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NewsOrganic farmers must ditch all conventional production, says EC
Farmers who want to produce organic food will have to turn their backs on any conventional farming they do and go 100% organic, under new rules proposed by the European Commission this week.
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Analysis & FeaturesUK wheat prospects look good... for now
Farmers and millers say prospects are good for the British wheat crop – but warn there could yet be clouds on the horizon…
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NewsUK organic market returns to growth
The UK’s organic market returned back to growth in 2013 after four years of falling sales, the Soil Association’s latest a…
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NewsSainsbury’s and Co-op follow Tesco with milk price cuts
Two days after Tesco slashed the price of its milk, Sainsbury’s and The Co-operative have followed suit.
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Comment & OpinionThe £1 milk club
There are few things that agitate farmers quite as much as supermarkets messing with the white stuff. Milk prices are hot political currency, so Tesco’s announcement yesterday that it was slashing the price of four pints of milk by 39p – as part of a £200m investment in everyday low ...
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NewsTesco milk price cut sends ‘wrong signal’, farmers warn
Farmer leaders have blasted Tesco’s decision to slash the price of four pints of milk to £1, saying the move sends the “wrong signal”.
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NewsCo-op sell-off decision sparks angry response
Co-op staff and members have blasted it for not letting them have their say on its farming and pharmacy arm sell-off.
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Analysis & FeaturesNFU Conference 2014: The Grocer's 10 key highlights
Couldn’t make it to Birmingham? Here’s what you need to know…
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NewsBadger cull was 'ineffective', leaked report finds
An independent expert panel has concluded the pilot badger cull was ineffective, according to the BBC…
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NewsMeurig Raymond is new NFU president
Meurig Raymond is the new president of the National Farmers Union, taking over from Peter Kendall.
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Comment & OpinionPastures new
In Justin King and Peter Kendall, the National Farmers’ Union conference yesterday served up two major industry figures on their way to pastures new.
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NewsCo-op sells off farms and weighs future of Pharmacy arm
The Co-operative Group has revealed it is selling off its Co-operative Farms business and “exploring options” for the future of its pharmacy arm.