All Farming articles – Page 7
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Category ReportA new ethical scheme on the block: trends in ethical trading 2025
Rainforest Alliance has raised the bar on regenerative agriculture – but how much appetite is there for another sustainability seal?
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NewsFood strategy’s sole farming voice steps down
Sam Godfrey is a pig farming veteran whose family sold its business to Cranswick in 2023
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NewsDrought to continue without ‘sustained rainfall’, Environment Agency warns
On the back of a record dry spring, and four summer heatwaves, the environment regulator said England would experience worse levels of drought if this winter were “drier than normal”
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News‘Landmark’ Precision Breeding Act comes into force in England
Following a six-month implementation period, the act makes the country the first in Europe to enable the development of precision-bred-plants.
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NewsAHDB appoints CEO to lead levy board following Graham Wilkinson departure
AHDB’s new CEO is a chartered accountant with several years of executive experience
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NewsNFU Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign sees over 12,000 letters sent to MPs
The public letter campaign, which has a target of 15,000 letters, has seen 551 MPs contacted within just 12 days of its launch
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NewsCranswick to invest £40m to boost animal welfare standards
It comes following the completion of an independent veterinarian-led review which has provided 44 recommendations to the business to improve standards across its farms
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Comment & OpinionThe Inside Track: activist ideology or industry concern?
British agriculture and the food industry deserve better than this Trojan horse of faux concern concealing a radical anti-meat agenda
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NewsFirst Milk appoints three new directors as part of restructure
Louise Motala, Stefan Mason, and David Garland have joined First Milk’s executive team to lead its milk, cheese, and BV business units
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NewsMowi stripped of royal warrant following animal abuse footage
The salmon supplier’s name was removed from the royal warrant holders’ list after 35 years of being the official supplier of salmon to the royal household
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NewsAgriculture has been ‘undervalued for too long’: Minette Batters
Speaking after submitting her farm profitability review findings to Defra, Batters warned there needed to be more cohesion and a greater valuing of agriculture
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KVI TrackerFarmgate milk prices fall again as oversupply continues
Freshways, Arla and Müller announced cuts to the price they pay farmers, with reductions of between 1.5p and 2p per litre
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NewsPladis targets 50% wheat from regenerative agriculture by 2027
Currently, around 50 farmers participate in its UK wheat sourcing scheme
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NewsBrazil denounced for ‘greenwashing’ as meat sector set for centre stage at COP30
Meat and poultry giants such as JBS, Minerva and MBRF were ‘working overtime’ to portray themselves as champions of climate action while lobbying to avoid regulation, claimed Changing Markets Foundation
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Comment & OpinionChocolate-free Penguins point to a bigger issue in our food system
It’s clear that climate change, along with resource constraints and geopolitics, are converging to make food production less stable and more expensive, says Jim Mellon, executive chairman of Agronomics
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NewsUK ‘not prepared’ for high-risk animal disease outbreaks, MPs warn
Focus on illneses such as bird flu and outdated working practices meant Defra and APHA were underprepared for high risk diseases, warned MPs
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Comment & OpinionThe cost of cheap meat and why industry insiders are breaking rank
Inside Track, as the group calls itself, is not a group of radical, leftwing firebrands. They are leading executives from a raft of major food companies who feel compelled to demand change
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NewsGolden Hooves launches regeneratively farmed butter
Golden Hooves’ new Salted Butter has been stocked in Waitrose, Booths, Ocado, and other independent retailers across the UK
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NewsParliamentary group warns of 32% drop in food production without urgent action
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture said domestic food production could decline by 39% per capita
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NewsMcCain report finds 51% of farmers are considering leaving the industry
The report’s key findings revealed 51% of farmers have considered leaving the industry due to financial strain, and only 4% believed current government support was adequate