Agri-Business
Government urged to pursue new recognition for protected food names
In a letter to three Secretaries of State, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland has called for changes to be made...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Batters calls for ability to 'pause' transition from direct payments
New farming legislation favouring support for environmental efforts as opposed to production will leave British farmers forced to compete internationally,...
Agri-Business
Farm management training scheme opens for 2019 applications
Applications have opened for the 2019 intake of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) professional farm management course. The recognised...
Agri-Business
Vets welcome bill's recognition of animal health and welfare as public goods
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed Defra’s announcement that animal health and welfare will be considered as ‘public goods’...
Agri-Business
Bill 'fails to recognise farmers as food producers first and foremost'
Critics have said the Government’s new agriculture legislation has failed to recognise farmers for their main responsibility – producing the...
Agri Politics
140 MPs show support for farming on Back British Farming Day
140 politicians showed their support for the British farming industry today by wearing a Back British Farming wheat-pin badge in...
Agri-Business
National Farmers' Union takes food report to Westminster
The National Farmers’ Union has today launched a food report, ‘UK: A Nation United by Food’, which will be sent...
Agri-Business
Government’s plans for agriculture 'lack balance'
The Government’s new Agriculture Bill has been criticised as “lacking balance” by an organisation representing tenant farmers. Tenant Farmers Association...
Dairy
New programme aims to cut costs and increase profits
Over 70 farmers and industry representatives attended the recent launch of the first Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Strategic...
Agri-Business
Defra was 'not permitted' to consult industry over Brexit vet shortage
A comprehensive report claims that Defra was prevented from consulting veterinary professionals over a potential vet shortage post-Brexit by the...
Agri-Business
Government publishes landmark Agriculture Bill...but what does it mean for farms?
Michael Gove has set out the Government’s major post-Brexit agriculture policy to invest in the environment and take back control...
Dairy
P&O to stop shipping Europe-bound calves 'with immediate effect'
Ferry company P&O has said it will no longer transport Scottish calves destined for Europe following a documentary broadcast last...
Dairy
Dark Side of Dairy: Even the calves in the market were not Scottish calves
Scotland’s farming union is fighting allegations made in a half hour long BBC documentary titled ‘The Dark Side of Dairy’...
Agri-Business
Strutt & Parker, one of the UK's largest farm businesses for sale for £200 million
One of the UK’s largest farm companies, Strutt & Parker (Farms) Ltd, has hit the market with a hefty £200...
Agri-Business
'Agriculture Bill must provide comprehensive strategy for UK agriculture'
The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has set out what it believes should be contained within the much-anticipated Agriculture Bill, which...
Agri-Business
Reprimand and warning issued to Essex vet convicted of harassment
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Disciplinary Committee has issued a reprimand and a warning to an Essex vet...
Agri-Business
Overseas-based vet suspended from register over fake email
The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has decided to suspend an overseas-based vet for a...
Agri-Business
NFU supports Red Tractor bid to become flagship for British farming
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is supporting Red Tractor’s bid to become the UK’s flagship brand for high-standard British food...
