All Farming articles – Page 77
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Comment & OpinionWhy Birds Eye is choosing now to mount a biodiversity campaign
The health of soil across the globe is deteriorating at a steady rate of knots, ays James Hopwood, head of agriculture operations at Birds Eye
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Comment & OpinionThe long-term changes needed to make the world’s food system function successfully
A $6bn cash injection from the likes of Elon Musk would only address world hunger for a year. What else needs to be done?
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Analysis & Features10 British agritech startups blazing an agricultural revolution
The homegrown agritech sector is becoming a major success story, boosted by government investment. Here are 10 of the best leading the way
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NewsCo-op invests £19m in pig pricing, and urges mults to do more on sourcing
The retailer has committed to pay its pig farmers above the cost of production, while also calling on other retailers to improve British sourcing
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NewsUK farms missing up to 75% of seasonal workers needed for harvest
The situation has been descibed as an ’ongoing challenge’ and ’pretty desperate’ by growers who face leaving crops in the ground
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NewsNestlé and Anglian Water invest in East Anglian regenerative farming project
Nestlé and Anglian Water have invested almost £1m in funding for 32 land managers and farmers across East Anglia
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NewsFarming and food production costs rise by more than 30% in April
‘Agflation’ could also be exacerbated long-term by impact of environmental rules on dairy
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s belated support package for pig farmers is welcome. But is it enough to rescue the sector?
Tesco clarified that £3.4m had already been passed on to farmers since March
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Comment & OpinionWaitrose is standing up for British pig farmers. But we need help
Waitrose is calling on the entire industry to support British pig farmers, says its senior agriculture manager Jake Pickering
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NewsTesco unveils £6.6m cash injection for struggling pig farmers
The retailer said the investment took the amount it had given in additional payments to producers to £10m since March
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NewsGrowers warn apple prices will have to rise due to cost of production
Trade body British Apples & Pears said the industry was experiencing an up to 25% rise in cost of production this year
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NewsIndia announces shock wheat export ban, compounding global supply issues
The move comes just weeks after Delhi claimed it could increase supply to world markets
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NewsGeraint Davies made interim chair of Commons Efra Committee
Davies, who represents the Swansea West constituency, said he was “honoured” to have been elected
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NewsEgg shortages on the way, no-show supermarkets are warned
Absent supermarket representatives were replaced with cardboard cutouts at the summit, held in the midst of a crippling feed cost crisis
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NewsBirds Eye launches biodiversity campaign on packs of peas
The Peas for Bees campaign aims to educate the nation on the importance of sourcing food sustainably and biodiversity
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NewsAnimal welfare campaigners express anger as government drops exports bill
The Animals Abroad Bill and Kept Animals Bill sought to ban live animal exports and the import of foie gras made by force-feeding
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NewsOneFarm plans to open major vertical farm in Suffolk
The first phase of development at the Newmarket site will deliver 6,400m² of growing area
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NewsFreshgro launches plan to grow first carbon neutral carrot crop
All carrots are grown within 15 miles of the packhouse, which is powered by a 500kW wind turbine and 200kW solar panels
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NewsZoe Davies to step down as head of the National Pig Association
Davies joined the trade body 14 years ago and has spent the past eight as its CEO
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NewsFarmgate milk prices soar – but ‘still not enough’ to offset costs
A growing number of dairy farmers are warning price increases are failing to keep up with soaring input costs