Defra Secretary Michael Gove has outlined plans to use funding under a future domestic agricultural policy to incentivise higher welfare standards on farms. Speaking at the…
Month: February 2018
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has announced a comprehensive review of farm inspections to ‘remove bureaucratic burdens placed on farmers’. The review, to be led by Dame…
In its report ‘Brexit: Trade in Food’, the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has called on the Government to support the veterinary workforce to…
The NFU has welcomed many of the recommendations and findings of the EFRA Committee’s latest inquiry Brexit: Trade in Food. The report, launched on 18 February, accurately identifies…
Increasing supplies of pigmeat at home and abroad are likely to ensure prices in 2018 remain below the highs of last year. However, signs that demand…
The deadline for voting in the NPA elections is looming. The polls close on Friday, meaning members now have just five days to vote. With time…
The NPA has welcomed a report from MPs that calls for the Government to ensure any new post-Brexit trade agreements do not compromise the UK’s high food…
Despite the SPP dropping by 0.88p to 145.92p, signs are emerging of better pig prices, with the influential German producer price up by another 6 cents…
The Government has rejected calls to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) beyond the top 10 supermarkets. A number of organisations, including the…
A leading farming charity is advising the farming industry to start looking after themselves mentally as well as physically. Poor mental health is the biggest health…