Archive of all National Farmers Union articles – Page 27
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NewsSainsbury’s eggs to go 100% free-range
The move makes it the first of the big four to offer 100% free-range eggs, Sainsbury’s said
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Category ReportSaving bacon: meat category report 2019
Brits aren’t giving up on meat, but sales of processed products are taking a hit from health and climate concerns. Can they be saved?
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Analysis & FeaturesDave Lewis departs: his milestones as Tesco CEO
We look back through six years of Dave Lewis’ tenure as head of Tesco, from the controversies to the highlights
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NewsMüller 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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NewsLeadsom warned over no-deal Brexit impact on food and drink workforce
Trade bodies are calling for a revision down of the suggested £30,000 minimum salary threshold
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Johnson’s ‘all-Ireland food zone’ plan replace the backstop?
Boris Johnson’s suggestion may yet fly with Ireland and the EU. But how would it work?
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Analysis & FeaturesAre post-Brexit US dairy imports really something to fear?
Farmers fear a flood of cheap imports from the US post-Brexit. So how could this play out in dairy?
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Analysis & FeaturesYour country needs you: is UK dairy ready to service the home front?
As Brexit threatens UK food security, is the dairy industry ready to ramp up domestic production?
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NewsDefra ‘brain drain’ threatens no-deal Brexit strategy, industry warns
The departure of secretary of state Michael Gove was this weekend followed by that of environment minister Thérèse Coffey
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NewsGovernment faces backlash over ‘bamboozling’ Brexit immigration move
It has said it intends to bring an end to freedom of movement on Halloween in the event of a no-deal
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NewsMedia Bites 22 Aug: Morrisons, Brexit Rationing, Tesco
’Foreign vultures’ could swoop on Morrisons after a share price slump and a fall in the pound left it vulnerable to a takeover
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NewsNo-deal Brexit to cost farming sector £850m a year: report
Profitability was expected to drop by 18% within a year of a no-deal, research by consultancy Andersons suggested
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Comment & OpinionDefending the meat industry: the right people must deliver the right message
Invoking the ‘vegan lobby’ and shouting down critics isn’t the right way to defend the meat sector
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NewsOperation Kingfisher: industry urges detail on no-deal Brexit support plan
Operation Kingfisher has been devised to co-ordinate support for businesses most at risk of financial crisis that were “otherwise fundamentally viable”
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Analysis & FeaturesCan the meat industry fight back against latest attacks?
Some in the sector believe the time has come to mount a more robust defence
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Comment & OpinionIPCC report: how UK meat producers can cut their carbon footprint
Offshoring the carbon problem of meat production is a bad idea, says Professor Chris Elliott
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NewsIPCC climate change report ‘overly simplistic’, say farming groups
They say it is not right that the UK has been conflated with less sustainable production systems abroad
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NewsMeat processors urge unity amid ‘sniping’ in beef supply chain
The British Meat Processors Association has called for a “beef summit” to tackle a breakdown in industry relationships amid low prices
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Analysis & FeaturesWill new EU regulation bring an end to the ‘veggie sausage’?
EU proposals are calling for veggie brands to stop using meat terminology. But is this necessary? And what would be the impact on meat alternatives?
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NewsDefra secretary Villiers urged to reassure food sector over Brexit
Industry leaders have called on Villiers to offer ’urgent reassurances’ on future trade relationships, environmental and animal welfare standards