Articles involving: Farming
30 May, 2025
SNP considers drastic reduction in livestock numbers, but no decision yet
Diet & Health, Farming, Food Security,
SNP First Minister John Swinney ignited a row at First Minister's Questions this week by refusing to rule out implementing the Climate Change Committee's recommendations that…
30 Apr, 2025
Scientists discover the downsides of adopting the Eat Lancet diet
Diet & Health, Emissions, Farming,
A new study on the impacts of the widespread adoption of the Eat Lancet diet, which would involve drastically reducing livestock and increasing agricultural production, has…
30 Apr, 2025
Does Net Zero mean the end of UK livestock farming?
Emissions, Farming,
This week, world-renowned climate physicist Professor Myles Allen delivered a thought-provoking lecture at Gresham College titled "Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture?" His answer: no…
24 Apr, 2025
New Foot and Mouth risk to the UK assessment published
Borders, Farming, Imports,
A rapid risk assessment conducted earlier in April 2025 has concluded that the risk of foot and mouth disease entering Great Britain over the next three…
24 Apr, 2025
David Lindars joins The Archers podcast to add real-life insight into meat processing
Farming,
Archers fans will know that the current storyline has been featuring the fictional abattoir, Casey Meats, much more prominently in recent episodes. What you may not…
28 Mar, 2025
An “impotent umpire” – Groceries Code Adjudicator criticised
Farming, Industry,
This morning, BBC Farming Today ran a very interesting interview with Tom Heap about this Sunday’s Countryfile programme. It deals with revelations about “a prevailing culture…
28 Mar, 2025
Red Tractor’s response to Farm Assurance Review
Farming, Industry,
This week Red Tractor published a full response to each of the nine strategic recommendations made by the Farm Assurance Review's independent commissioners, and outlined the…
28 Mar, 2025
New Nuffield report: Keeping beef relevant in a changing market
Beef, Farming,
A new Nuffield Farming report by Northern Ireland beef farmer Gary Spence explores how the red meat sector can respond to growing pressure from alternative proteins…
20 Mar, 2025
New Fairness in the Food Supply Chain Bill tabled
Farming, Food Security, Industry,
EFRA Committee Chairman Alistair Carmichael MP tabled a new bill in Parliament this week. In his speech he said that the UK food supply chain needs…
11 Mar, 2025
Farmers take guided tour around fictional Archers abattoir
Farming,
It's not often our industry is represented in the world of fictional drama, but this week saw Casey Meats, the abattoir in Radio 4's long running…
21 Feb, 2025
New EU farming strategy: fewer rules and less foreign competition
EU, Farming,
According to a Guardian article this week, the EU's new Vision for Agriculture and Food places more emphasis on protecting European farmers through stricter import standards…
14 Feb, 2025
Food as Critical National Infrastructure – a new take on food security
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
“Defra should conduct a more realistic assessment of food as a Critical National Infrastructure." That’s one of the conclusions of a new report from the National…
14 Feb, 2025
UK government needs to heed the foot and mouth wake-up call
Borders, Farming, Food Security, Imports,
Our latest press release highlights the confusion in the media surrounding weaknesses in the UK’s biosecurity at borders. We make the distinction between legal commercial shipments…
14 Feb, 2025
Illegal meat seizures and foot and mouth scare should be a wake-up call
Borders, Farming, Food Safety, Imports,
The recent foot and mouth disease case in Germany has highlighted weaknesses in the UK’s biosecurity at borders, but we must make the distinction between legal…
31 Jan, 2025
Land use consultation launched
Farming, Food Security,
A new consultation on the strategic approach to managing land use in England has been launched today. Despite reassurances that "This Government has a cast-iron commitment…