All Farming articles – Page 100
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose is standing up for British pig farmers. But we need help
Waitrose is calling on the entire industry to support British pig farmers, says its senior agriculture manager Jake Pickering
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NewsTesco unveils £6.6m cash injection for struggling pig farmers
The retailer said the investment took the amount it had given in additional payments to producers to £10m since March
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NewsGrowers warn apple prices will have to rise due to cost of production
Trade body British Apples & Pears said the industry was experiencing an up to 25% rise in cost of production this year
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NewsIndia announces shock wheat export ban, compounding global supply issues
The move comes just weeks after Delhi claimed it could increase supply to world markets
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NewsGeraint Davies made interim chair of Commons Efra Committee
Davies, who represents the Swansea West constituency, said he was “honoured” to have been elected
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NewsEgg shortages on the way, no-show supermarkets are warned
Absent supermarket representatives were replaced with cardboard cutouts at the summit, held in the midst of a crippling feed cost crisis
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NewsBirds Eye launches biodiversity campaign on packs of peas
The Peas for Bees campaign aims to educate the nation on the importance of sourcing food sustainably and biodiversity
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NewsAnimal welfare campaigners express anger as government drops exports bill
The Animals Abroad Bill and Kept Animals Bill sought to ban live animal exports and the import of foie gras made by force-feeding
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NewsOneFarm plans to open major vertical farm in Suffolk
The first phase of development at the Newmarket site will deliver 6,400m² of growing area
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NewsFreshgro launches plan to grow first carbon neutral carrot crop
All carrots are grown within 15 miles of the packhouse, which is powered by a 500kW wind turbine and 200kW solar panels
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NewsZoe Davies to step down as head of the National Pig Association
Davies joined the trade body 14 years ago and has spent the past eight as its CEO
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NewsFarmgate milk prices soar – but ‘still not enough’ to offset costs
A growing number of dairy farmers are warning price increases are failing to keep up with soaring input costs
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NewsNPA calls out Tesco over lack of support for pig producers
The trade body has written an open letter to Tesco CEO Ken Murphy in a bid to attract financial support for hard-up producers
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NewsCandidates line up to replace Parish as Efra Committee chair
Parish announced he would step down as an MP last Sunday, in the wake of a porn scandal
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NewsSoya campaign launched to stop chicken farmers using Brazilian feed due to poison fears
Bees, macaw parrots, tapirs, fish, frogs, birds of prey and bats are, according to the organisation, ’falling victim to the toxic chemicals sprayed on soya’
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NewsWaitrose adds £16m to support package for its pig farmers
The retailer said the pledge would cover the full cost of rearing and producing pigs across its 250 supplying farms – including labour, feed, and fuel
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NewsCathedral City gets major revamp with new packaging
The rebranded packaging will feature a redesigned city scene with the cathedral in the centre along with new SKU-specific colourways
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InterviewsOriginal Beans founder Philipp Kauffmann on craft chocolate and ethical trade
Philipp Kauffmann founded Original Beans to celebrate some of the world’s rarest cacao. Now he wants to see craft chocolate recognised in the mults
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Comment & OpinionOnly a long-term food strategy for the UK can truly address the cost of living crisis
Sainsbury’s and Unilever this morning became the latest fmcg giants to warn margins will come under pressure from “unprecedented inflation”. And while Sainsbury’s CEO Simon Roberts vowed the retailer would do everything it could to “keep delivering the best value for customers”, Unilever warned further price hikes were on the ...
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Analysis & FeaturesSoil extinction: are we heading for an agricultural Armageddon?
A global ‘soil extinction’ is threatening to leave billions of people hungry and push the world’s biodiversity into disarray. Agriculture is the main cause, but it must also become part of the solution