All Farming articles – Page 2
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NewsMorrisons cuts winter veg price to 37p
CEO Rami Baitiéh said Morrisons would be cutting the price of British White Potatoes (1.5kg), British Sliced Curly Kale (150g), British Savoy Cabbage and Fine Green Beans (170g) to 37p
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NewsM&S expands British chicken farming commitment as demand soars
M&S will be investing £36m into sourcing more chicken from Britain after sales of value lines have risen by up to 20% in the past few months
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NewsMore detail required from government on animal welfare push, MPs warn
The Animal Welfare Strategy outlined a series of high-profile commitments, such as ending cages for laying hens and banning farrowing crates for sows – but there are concerns over a lack of binding timelines, interim milestones and delivery plans
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NewsSupermarkets urged to commit to never stock chlorinated chicken
Campaign group 38 Degrees has written to the mults with a petition signed by 75,000 people that requests the retailers rule out products like chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated beef
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NewsUK at ‘high risk’ from ecosystem collapse and biodiversity loss
The government report warned ecosystem degradation was ’occurring across all regions’, placing the UK’s self-sufficiency at risk
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Comment & Opinion‘Sitting tight’ on Greenland does nothing for UK business
The advice to ‘sit tight’ is utterly unhelpful for those businesses – many of them in food and farming – currently seeking to trade with the US, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsWyke Farms improves profits but warns more needed to build resilience
Wyke MD Rich Clothier warned ‘returns across the business still need to improve so we can continue to invest’
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NewsNGOs attack industry ‘negative influence’ on food strategy
The letter calls on ministers to protect plans from the ‘negative influence of [food] businesses and their associations’
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Comment & OpinionFarmer protests ‘real and justified’ but not the answer, says Save British Farming’s Liz Webster
Farmers are squeezed by rising costs, unstable policy, unfair trading power and trade deals that expose them to competition they simply cannot match, leaving many feeling ignored by government and trapped in a system that rewards scale and imports while undermining domestic production
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NewsThe Happy Egg Co partners with Channel 4 to launch farming programme
Fronted by Clarkson’s Farm’s Harriet Cowan and comedian Jessica Knappett, the programme brings together ‘entertainment and education, shining a light on the care and expertise behind British free-range egg farming’
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Comment & OpinionWithout question the new Defra team is on a mission
Emma Reynolds, Angela Eagle and Paul Kissack are breathing fresh life into Defra
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Analysis & FeaturesAre latest policy changes enough to placate farmers?
Announcements have come thick and fast, including IHT u-turn
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NewsGrowers exposed as middlemen dodge GSCOP regulation
An Egyptian onion grower told The Grocer a distributor had reneged, at short notice, on a £550K supply deal, leaving his business ’devastated’
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NewsDefra talks stress need for growth agenda as much as health
Industry leaders complained the food strategy has been dominated by calls from NGOs for more regulation on health, with little focus on growth
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NewsCage egg ban raises ‘serious concerns’ for the egg industry
The British Egg Industry Council has said the move could undermine farmers and distort the market while delivering ‘little meaningful benefit for hens’
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NewsNo more British caged eggs by 2032, government says in new proposal
Under the proposals, all colony cage systems across the laying hen sector would be phased out by 2032, including for smaller producers
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NewsProtecting environment more profitable than meat production, data finds
Analysis from the think tank and charity said that despite beef and lamb production tending to make a loss in the years from 2020 to 2024, farms have been profitable thanks to government payments
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NewsCampaigners up in arms as soy traders leave deforestation moratorium
The Amazon Soy Moratorium has restricted the sale of soy grown in deforested areas since 2008
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NewsNo further concessions on Inheritance Tax, Defra secretary states
Despite protests by farmers disrupting traffic on Oxford High Street outside the Oxford Farming Conference, Emma Reynolds affirmed there would be no further movement on IHT
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NewsIrish exports to UK jump 14% during solid 2025, despite volume falls in meat
Irish beef to the UK fell by 5% last year, amid tight supply and soaring farmgate prices, according to Bord Bia