Articles involving: Farming
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…
24 Jan, 2025
EFRA Committee challenges Defra on farming resilience
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
The recent Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee hearing brought to light significant challenges facing the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as…
24 Jan, 2025
Red Tractor reform can’t come soon enough
Farming, Industry,
We were extremely heartened this week to read the UK Farm Assurance Review of Red Tractor (PDF), conducted by a team of independent commissioners. Their findings…
17 Jan, 2025
Climate Change Committee to revise advice on meat reduction
Emissions, Farming,
Listening to BBC Farming Today this morning gave us cause for optimism as the new Interim Chair of the Climate Change Committee, Professor Piers Forster, described…
17 Jan, 2025
UK Parliament debate on foot and mouth preparedness
Farming, Food Safety,
A debate in Parliament this week underscored the cross-party consensus on the importance of preventing Food and Mouth Disease from entering the UK. While MPs voiced…
09 Jan, 2025
Food security and state of Defra front and centre at Oxford Farming Conference
Defra, Farming, Food Security,
Concerns were running particularly high this week at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference where Defra minister Steve Reed promised "a cast iron commitment to food production"…
10 Dec, 2024
Lords climate committee weighs into methane debate
Emissions, Farming,
This week saw the publication of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee's report entitled "Methane: keep up the momentum" which makes several recommendations…
27 Nov, 2024
New survey shows another decline in Welsh sheep flock
Farming, Food Security, Sheepmeat,
A new survey by Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales shows that the size of the national sheep flock is lowest it’s been in 13…
18 Oct, 2024
Call for a re-allocation of subsidies to stem a tide of decline in England’s beef herd
Beef, Farming, Food Security,
Britain's beef herd has reduced in size by 5% in the last year and 13% in the ten years before that. Our recent Meat Industry Manifesto details what…
04 Oct, 2024
Lucas Daglish on the biodiversity impact of arable vs livestock farming
Emissions, Farming,
In his latest article, BMPA's Sustainability Manager Lucas Daglish considers the relative biodiversity impacts of arable versus ruminant livestock farming in the UK. Contrary to what…
20 Sep, 2024
Lloyds Bank pioneers definitive method to measure farm environmental data
Emissions, Farming,
As part of a ten-year partnership, Lloyds Banking Group has supported Soil Association Exchange in developing and deploying a standardised methodology for collecting and reporting holistic…