All Farming articles – Page 115
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NewsRSPCA badger cull advert draws complaints
The Advertising Standards Authority has received 80 complaints in the past 24 hours about an anti-badger cull ad run by the RSPCA.
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Comment & OpinionKeep your friends close... and farmers closer!
Over the past few months, farm milk prices have been rising dramatically…
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NewsWaitrose boss Price: ‘GM is tech looking for a problem to solve’
Waitrose boss Mark Price has slammed GM farming. As Defra secretary of state Owen Paterson stood up today to champion GM farming, Waitrose MD Mark Price blasted it as a technology “struggling for a problem to solve”. Waitrose is the only large supermarket to have a total ...
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NewsGM could herald second agricultural revolution, Paterson claims
GM technology could transform food and farming as much as the agricultural revolution, and the UK should be at the forefront of championing it, Defra secretary of state Owen Paterson will claim today.
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Analysis & FeaturesGM poultry feed policy shift hikes non-GM soy price
When the big four lifted bans on chickens fed on GM soy, they said it was because non-GM had become too hard to source…
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Comment & OpinionSustainable farming means animals should be kept outside
In our green land, pasture-fed meat production makes total sense…
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Analysis & FeaturesTB reactor meat: where retailers and suppliers stand
The Grocer asked retailers and suppliers to spell out their policies on cattle that have tested positive for bovine TB…
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NewsUK wheat harvest faces 30% fall as bad weather takes toll
The overall harvested area of UK wheat could be down by a third this year, the National Union of Farmers has warned.
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NewsCheesemakers bump up milk prices after bad weather
Cheesemakers have announced record increases in milk prices because of the ongoing problems caused by the adverse weather over the past 12 months.
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NewsBadger cull set to go ahead as government wins vote
The culling of badgers in two pilot areas can go ahead after the government won a Commons vote this afternoon by a majority of 49.
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NewsBadger vaccine is no magic bullet for bovine TB, MPs warn
MPs have hit out at the government for not being clear enough about the role vaccination could play in the fight against bovine tuberculosis.
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Badger cull? Shoppers think low milk prices matter more
Think the badger cull is the biggest PR challenge facing the dairy industry this year? Think again…
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Comment & Opinion
GM feed: supermarkets are talking tosh
What tosh supermarkets talk about listening to their customers…
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Comment & Opinion
Dairy UK's new chairman Billy Keane lays out his challenges
When I was asked whether I would consider becoming the chairman of Dairy UK, I did not answer ‘yes’ immediately…
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NewsFarming bodies urge action to stop migrant worker shortfall
The NFU and the British Growers Association have backed calls to tackle a potential shortfall in migrant workers that could hit the agricultural industry next year.
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NewsOnline tool to put the cool into cutting CO2
Farmers supplying Tesco have become the first to use a new online tool to help producers slash carbon emissions…
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NewsMcVitie's Digestives 100% British wheat pledge scrapped
Last year’s disastrous wheat crop is continuing to take its toll on British wheat sourcing pledges…
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Analysis & Features
Grim wheat outlook for UK contrasts with global picture
The prospects for the British wheat crop continue to look difficult, but beyond the UK the outlook is fairly positive…
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NewsWeather and low rearing rate hit UK lamb numbers
The UK will rear 1.36 million fewer lambs this year than in 2012, partly as a result of the unusually poor weather in late 2012 and early 2013.
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NewsEU to impose two-year ban on neonicotinoid pesticides
The EU is to impose a two-year ban on neonicotinoid pesticides following a vote in the European Commission today.