A consultation on the standards of the UK’s leading food and farming assurance body has drawn to a close, collecting over 3,000 pieces of feedback from meetings, written questions,…
Year: 2021
Global agri-tech company Devenish has announced plans to raise capital in order to strengthen its international growth plans and capitalise on industry trends. The sustainable food…
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has agreed a number of changes to its Pig Assurance Scheme Standards to support producers with some unexpected issues arising as a…
Farmers in England are being encouraged to take part in the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which will reward farmers and land managers for sustainable farming practices under…
Consumer spend on pig meat increased by 13.8% in the 12 weeks to February 21, according to AHDB. Volumes grew by 13.1% with growth across all…
Morrisons has pledged to be the first supermarket to be completely supplied by ‘net zero’ carbon British farms by 2030, five years ahead of the market. The supermarket…
The GB pig breeding herd showed only marginal improvements during 2020, with indoor breeding productivity falling over the year, the latest data from Agrosoft shows. The…
Following official announcements on the roadmap out of lockdown in England, the LEAF Open Farm Sunday (LOFS) team has decided to move the date of its…
The NFU has submitted a detailed response to a consultation on how Red Tractor standards should look across the six farming sectors, calling for a fresh approach and…
The situation is starting to get better in UK pork plants, according to Thames Valley Cambac. While not problem free, last week saw a ‘vast improvement’…