All National Farmers Union (NFU) articles – Page 4
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News
Plan to merge Groceries Code Adjudicator with CMA is scrapped
The adjudicator Mark White is among industry leaders attending the PM’s crunch talks on inflation in Downing Street today
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MPs accused of spreading ‘dangerous nonsense’ about profiteering
Clive Black of Shore Capital claimed politicians from different sides had irresponsibly stoked up anger against retailers
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Fruitful Jobs seasonal worker licence is reinstated
The recruiter had its licence suspended in February over a series of administrative issues, including concerns over asylum claims by workers
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Farming heads call for action on food security
Food bosses at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum criticised the government’s dismissal of a need for a national food strategy
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Jeremy Clarkson said to be on Sunak’s guest list for ‘inflation summit’
It is understood the PM has cast the net far and wide for attendees to the event next Tuesday
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Analysis and Features
Is British farming facing an existential crisis?
The UK’s self-sufficiency is ‘slipping’, with many growers reporting receiving minuscule returns. Does Rishi Sunak’s emergency summit signal the start of meaningful action to save British farming?
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Comment and Opinion
Food security: the only topic on the agenda for Sunak’s summit
Issues across farming, climate change and food poverty are all relevant to Rishi Sunak’s meeting
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Comment and Opinion
What can farmers and retail bosses expect from the ‘Sunak summit’?
The agenda is currently a mystery, but that the meeting has been brought forward suggests a level of urgency
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News
Sunak summons farming and retail bosses for food security showdown
The meeting, which has been billed by industry sources as the ‘Sunak Summit’, is due to take place in Westminster on 16 May
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News
Farmer confidence plunges in face of rising costs and bureaucracy
The NFU’s latest Farm Confidence Survey found that 88% of respondents felt the soaring price of input costs would negatively effect their businesses
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Analysis and Features
Why British apples are disappearing from supermarket shelves
With returns low, growers are withdrawing orchard investments
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News
Apple growers forced into the red despite supermarket price hikes
Apples are on average 5.8% pricier year-on-year, a figure over seven times higher than the 0.8% increase in returns seen by growers
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Category Report
How Walkers is winning in troubled times: crisps, nuts & snacks category report 2023
Big crisps brands have succeeded in a season of lacklustre potato yields, HFSS restrictions and inflation. Can they keep it up?
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Analysis and Features
Is the Food Standards Agency and its National Food Crime Unit fit for purpose?
With the industry far from certain how deep the meat fraud scandal runs, serious questions have been raised about how it has been dealt with
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News
Denials trans-Pacific trade deal is ‘nail in coffin’ for animal welfare
The RSPCA said the new CPTPP trade deal with countries such as Canada and Mexico was a ‘nail in the coffin for animal welfare standards’
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News
Seasonal worker supply concern as recruiter licence is suspended
Fruitful Jobs is no longer on the Home Office’s approved recruiter list, The Grocer can reveal
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Comment and Opinion
Is there any merit to the social media storm over Lidl’s New Zealand lamb packaging?
Is Lidl misleading shoppers for placing a New Zealand flag on – you guessed it – New Zealand lamb?
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News
Further dismay for growers as they continue to be omitted from energy support scheme
NFU president Minette Batters said she was at her ’wit’s end’ with the government following its budget announcement
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News
Shortages of fruit & veg linger despite end to restrictions
The traditional big four has had lower than normal levels on core tomato, cucumber and pepper lines following significant shortages last month, analysis of Assosia data has revealed
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KVI Tracker
Sugar prices continue to mount after hitting 10-year high
Lidl and Morrisons both hiked their sugar prices last week, according to the KVI tracker