All Farming articles – Page 100
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NewsMilk now 6ppl cheaper than bottled water as protests continue
The gap in price between supermarket milk and bottled water has grown to its widest point in more than a year
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NewsMilk protests: Sympathy works two ways
Instead of lashing out at supermarkets, dairy farmers need careful, balanced analysis of their situation
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NewsBritish milk production at ‘more than 40 extra pints per person per year’
The figure was calculated by Müller, which has just announced a further cut to its farmgate milk price
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NewsMorrisons threatens legal action against protesting dairy farmers
Morrisons warned it was gathering evidence on the identities of the “perpetrators of these activities”
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Comment & OpinionFarmers must be careful to keep consumers on side
The current restrained protests have kept public opinion behind the farmers, but caution is needed
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Analysis & FeaturesAre French-style farmer protests about to hit the UK?
Pigs running around supermarkets may be off the agenda, but an air of resignation could yet turn into something more militant
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Comment & OpinionDriving food exports: where’s the detail from government?
Lofty aims aren’t being followed by the necessary details
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NewsNFU calls for postponement of National Living Wage
living Minette Batters has called for the government to delay the compulsory pay rise to £7.20 for all workers over the age of 25
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NewsEuropean Parliament set to reject GM food proposals
“This proposal is in conflict with the principles of “better regulation” and transparency which the new European Commission has taken on” said the Environment Committee chair
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NewsNew government food and farming strategy seeks to turn UK into global food innovation leader
Prominent retailers and manufacturers are among 80 organisations to meet with government today to develop a 25-year strategy for British food and farming
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NewsEU must do more for farmers, says European Parliament
MEPs today adopted two non-binding resolutions calling for the European Commission and EU member states to offer better support to dairy farmers
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Comment & OpinionOpinion: Time for Tesco to show support for British farmers
Tesco made a number of commitments to British agriculture at the NFU annual conference in 2013…
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NewsBMPA refutes alleged processor code breach
St Merryn angered farmers after announcing it was increasing processing charges for beef and lamb to £19.20 and £1.95 a head
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NewsBritish Sugar protested by Landworkers' Alliance
The group – a member of the international peasant farming movement La Via Campesina – is calling for more support for small scale food producers
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Analysis & FeaturesFarmcare sets out life after The Co-op
Farmcare will see a return to more traditional mixed farming methods
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NewsDEFRA appeals for farmer evidence on crop loss costs
Wrap, The Warwick Crop Centre and research consultancy 3Keel specifically want potato, lettuce and strawberry growers to get involved in the study
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Comment & OpinionSupermarkets kept a low profile at this year's NFU conference
In light of the supermarket sector’s recent travails – and high-profile personnel changes at senior level – it’s perhaps no surprise
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NewsGroceries Code Adjudicator power extension will prove difficult, says farming minister
Speaking at the National Farmers Union conference in Birmingham, Eustice warned that the process could prove too “complicated”
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NewsFirst Milk delays payment to farmers amid cashflow problems
12 Jan payment pushed back to 26 Jan, with all future payments delayed too
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NewsEnvironment Secretary says UK can "lead the world" in food production
UK farming a “high-tech powerhouse”