NFU policy experts and commodity board chairmen will sit down with representatives from other farming organisations, Defra, the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Rural Payments…
Month: July 2018
The NPA’s chairman, Richard Lister, hosted a group of Defra staff at his Yorkshire farm last week. The visit was intended to show the staff, who…
Farm assurer Red Tractor has responded to claims on the front page of today’s Times regarding an animal rights organisation secretly filming alleged animal abuse on…
RUMA has released a half-year summary of the UK farming industry’s progress towards achieving 2020 targets for antibiotic use in each of eight different livestock sectors.…
This week’s Slaughter Marketing Summary from Thames Valley Cambac said the market meandered into yet another week of uninspired trading! Numbers coming forward are still below…
Although the recent heatwave may be waving goodbye fairly soon, it has played havoc with pig producers throughout the country and also jacked up feed costs…
A new guide published today sets out the steps farmers, advisors and contractors can take to reduce ammonia emissions and help improve air quality. Defra’s Clean…
Simon Cook has joined Rattlerow Farms as technical sales manager. With more than 30 years’ experience of pig production and genetics, he brings both technical expertise…
The next Red Tractor deadline for submitting antibiotic data onto the eMB-Pigs database is rapidly approaching. Producers are reminded that the deadline for getting data from second quarter…
The UK will maintain environmental protections, safeguard animal welfare and support the production of high quality food, the Prime Minister will say today as she meets…