All Farming articles – Page 119
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Analysis & FeaturesCoca butter and aluminium are key commodity risers
Sweet-toothed consumers continue to contribute to the rising price of cocoa butter…
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Analysis & FeaturesCash crops 'will help meet global demand for more food'
Cash crop production does not necessarily harm poor economies and communities, a study has claimed…
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NewsTea suppliers back global training scheme for smallholders
Big name suppliers are backing the rollout of a training programme designed to help smallholder tea farmers increase their yields and modernise production.
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NewsWelsh farmers welcome action plan for food and drink industry
Welsh farmers have welcomed the launch of the Welsh government’s strategic plan for the food and drink industry.
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NewsAsparagus crop falls short and leads to imports
Despite a promising start, the 2014 British asparagus season has not delivered the bumper crop expected…
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NewsLivestock auction site to give retailers better meat data
A new auction site is set to give retailers access to more detailed information about meat they buy from markets…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs a summer of discontent looming again in farming?
Perhaps not in dairy – but beef “is in a terribly volatile state”…
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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.