All Farming articles – Page 104
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NewsArla cuts milk price for non-aligned farmers
Arla Foods has reduced the farmgate milk price for its direct pool of milk farmers who are not owners of the co-operative and not aligned to retailers.
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NewsBritish farming can benefit from imports, says Tesco’s Tim Smith
Supporting British farmers and growers does not necessarily have to mean moving to 100% British on certain grocery lines, Tesco’s group technical director, Tim Smith, has suggested.
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NewsABP and Genus team up to improve beef genetics
ABP Food Group has struck a partnership with genetics company Genus to improve beef genetics and meat quality…
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NewsBumper strawberry crop expected as season starts early
A longer growing season and the effects of the fifth warmest winter on record could lead to a 10% uplift in domestic strawberry production this year, British Summer Fruits has said.
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NewsMüller Wiseman cuts farmgate milk price
Müller Wiseman has become the second major dairy processor to cut its farmgate milk price in less than a week
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NewsKendall vows to put AHDB at heart of British agriculture
Peter Kendall has vowed to raise the profile of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board and said it needed to be “right at the heart of growing British agriculture”.
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will the meat industry look like in 2050?
A soaring global population, climate change and threats from new diseases are set to shake up the global meat industry…
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NewsArla cuts the price it pays farmers for milk
Arla has announced it is cutting its farmgate milk price, citing weakening dairy commodity markets.
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Comment & OpinionFarmageddon: the big debate - uncut
Farmageddon’s controversial exposé of modern factory farming methods reignited the debate about large-scale farming. We asked four experts – including Farmageddon author Philip Lymbery – for their views.
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Analysis & FeaturesEl Niño weather phenomenon to return in 2014
Brace yourselves: El Niño looks like it’s on its way back…
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NewsUK to produce an extra 1.4bn litres of milk a year
Britain’s dairy farmers are on course to produce an additional 1.4 billion litres a year of milk within five years…
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Comment & OpinionThe UK needs more plants and fewer animals
The IPCC climate change report last week said agricultural productivity was likely to reverse…
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NewsFormer NFU boss Peter Kendall to chair AHDB
Peter Kendall, the former president of the National Farmers’ Union, has become the new chair of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
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NewsPeter Kendall takes World Farmers' Organisation presidency
Peter Kendall, the former president of the NFU, has taken a new role in agriculture with the World Farmers’ Organisation…
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NewsBadger cull rollout paused as Defra launches bovine TB strategy
The government will not roll out badger culling across the country until changes have been made in the existing cull areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset, Owen Paterson has said.
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NewsTesco raises milk price paid to dairy farmers
Tesco has slashed the price of milk in its stores, but the price it pays dairy farmers is moving up.
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NewsEast of England Co-op names Lane Farm Producer of the Year
Pork supplier Lane Farm Country Foods has been named Producer of the Year 2014 by the East of England Co-op…
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NewsOrganic farmers must ditch all conventional production, says EC
Farmers who want to produce organic food will have to turn their backs on any conventional farming they do and go 100% organic, under new rules proposed by the European Commission this week.
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Analysis & FeaturesUK wheat prospects look good... for now
Farmers and millers say prospects are good for the British wheat crop – but warn there could yet be clouds on the horizon…
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NewsUK organic market returns to growth
The UK’s organic market returned back to growth in 2013 after four years of falling sales, the Soil Association’s latest a…