Agri-Business
Defra launches new food strategy for England
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched a new food strategy policy which aims to create a...
Red Tractor
N.Ireland
Red Tractor appoints first farmer as chair
The Ownership Body of Assured Food Standards (AFS), responsible for the Red Tractor food assurance programme, has announced the appointment...
N.Ireland
Red Tractor seeks views on tiered welfare standards proposals
At the request of industry, the Red Tractor pigs sector board is seeking views on proposals to introduced tiered welfare...
Agri-Business
Red Tractor supports recommendation to reduce farm audits
Red Tractor has published its response to the UK Farm Assurance Review and its nine areas of recommendations, including the...
Pig/Poultry
Sainsbury's announces 10-year partnership with Cranswick
Sainsbury’s has announced a 10-year partnership with Cranswick to have its pork, sausages, bacon, and gammon, and cooked meats supplied...
N.Ireland
Papworth leaves Red Tractor board to chair NFU sugar
Kit Papworth has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as chair of Red Tractor’s combinable crops...
Agri-Business
Interim chair of Red Tractor receives 'Lifetime Achievement Award'
The interim chair of Red Tractor, Alistair Mackintosh, said today (Monday, August 19) that he was “humbled” to receive a...
Agri-Business
'Red Tractor overstepped its remit' on GFC module - MP Lockhart
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP’s) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs spokesperson, MP Carla Lockhart, has welcomed the decision by Red...
Agri-Business
UK farming unions welcome Red Tractor's decision to drop GFC module
The four UK farming unions, together with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), have welcomed Red Tractor’s decision to...
Agri-Business
Red Tractor drops Greener Farms Commitment module
Red Tractor Assurance has today (Friday, March 22) announced that it is dropping its Greener Farms Commitment (GFC) module following...
Agri-Business
Red Tractor review advice should be urgently accepted - NFUS
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) has said that the Red Tractor review recommendations should be accepted in full...
Agri-Business
Now is the 'right time' for review of farm assurance - NFU
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) have said now is the “right time”...
Pig/Poultry
Easier access to Californian market for UK pork from January
The Red Tractor certified standards body has recognised that the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) has become one of the first...
Agri-Business
NSA calls for 'truly independent' Red Tractor review panel
Following the news of a review of Red Tractor governance, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has called for the review...
Agri-Business
New Red Tractor modules being paused is a 'positive step' - NSA
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the news of new Red Tractor modules being put on hold until an...
N.Ireland
New Red Tractor standards and modules ‘on hold’
Red Tractor has announced that it will put new standards and additional modules on hold until an independent review of governance has...
Agri-Business
Red Tractor has 'sideswiped' the sheep sector with GFC - NSA
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has said that Red Tractor has “sideswiped” the sheep farming sector following the announcement of...
N.Ireland
UFU ‘challenging’ the introduction of new Red Tractor environment module
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said it is “challenging” the governance behind the development of a new environment module...
