Articles involving: Farming
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…
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"…