All Farming articles – Page 71
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NewsFuture of UK free-range turkey production at risk, MPs hear
Some 600,000 birds – representing about half of those earmarked for this year’s Christmas season – have now been lost to bird flu, the Efra committee heard
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NewsRSPCA Assured appoints ex-World Animal Protection boss Mike Baker as new CEO
Baker, who had served as interim CEO since March, succeeds Clive Brazier
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Comment & OpinionThe cost of UK food has been too low for too long. We need a food value reset
Consumers have got used to a low price that comes at great cost to our farming communities, says Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, chair of The Rural Policy Group
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Comment & OpinionFarmed fish are suffering without adequate legal protection. It’s time to act
The Animal Welfare Act is not enough to legally protect farmed fish against gruesome fates, says Abigail Penny, executive director of Animal Equality UK
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NewsAldi announces £12.5m support package for egg suppliers as shortages mount up
Aldi is one of many retailers to have seen shortages of eggs in recent weeks after hard-up producers halted or reduced supply
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NewsWales to introduce bird flu housing order later this week
The move followed heightened concerns of a westward spread of the disease, said the Welsh government
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NewsTesco announces nearly £14m in support for egg producers
The support package will be paid to suppliers to cover the cost of handling, processing and egg production
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NewsTurkey production ‘may need rethink’ in light of bird flu crisis
Poultry supplier Copas Turkeys will meet its Christmas obligatgions this year, but at a cost
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NewsEgg prices rise by up to 20% in two weeks as supply crisis worsens
Across the big four, Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi, there have been 37 price rises in the past two weeks
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NewsEgg producers ‘trapped’ in system call for supply chain overhaul
Producers have told The Grocer conditions are ‘the worst it has been in 20 years’ and have called for ‘price restructuring’ across the supply chain
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NewsABP announces £1.5m investment in red meat sustainability programme
The detailed programme will include assessment of carbon footprint, soil health and water use, and support biodiversity creation and resource efficiency
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NewsMeat industry welcomes Defra move to postpone export checks
New rules requiring paper vet-signed attestations confirming regular farm visits on EU meat exports have been delayed for a year
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NewsGlobal cage-free egg progress increasing, new report reveals
In the UK, 64.6% of eggs are now cage-free and there has been an increase in free-range
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NewsSainsbury’s stocks imported eggs in response to shortage
The supermarket has had to broaden its supply chain following national issues with egg supply
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NewsFarming under the spotlight in Waitrose 2022 Christmas ad
Waitrose has released its Christmas advert for 2022 focusing on the farming industry’s year-round preperation for the festive period
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NewsPublic believes factory farming puts profits ahead of climate and animals, new research finds
It revealed that only half of British adults (55%) were aware that the livestock sector produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the transport sector
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NewsSoaring production costs leading growers to ‘walk away’ from sector, research finds
A study for the NFU by Promar International revealed many producers were now on a ‘knife edge’, leading to concerns over supply
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Comment & Opinion‘Unskilled labour’? Food careers need a different language – and mindset
We need to excite and inspire school leavers to look at food production as a rewarding career, says Jamie Keeble, co-founder of Heck
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NewsBranston appoints Jim Windle as new managing director
Windle has been promoted from financial director, a role he held from 2015
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Comment & OpinionFood is finally taking centre stage at COP27 – and waste is high on the agenda
We cannot reach net zero without transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food, says Ignacio Gavilan, director of sustainability at Consumer Goods Forum and Viktoria de Bourbon de Parme, food & agriculture transformation lead at World Benchmarking Alliance