All articles by Kevin White
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Category ReportBroader horizons for Welsh exporters: Wales category report 2025
How are Wales’ food exports faring – and, with Labour expected to lose the 2026 election, what will new leadership mean for trade?
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NewsAustralian dairy giant Brownes establishes production in UK
The supplier – Australia’s oldest dairy company – has acquired a facility in Berkshire previously owned by the co-packer it used to bring its Hunt & Brew premium ready-to-drink coffee range to the UK in 2024
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NewsEC u-turns on controversial EUDR delay with ‘simplified’ regulation set to roll out
The delay had provoked outcry from climate campaign groups, plus brands such as Nestlé, Mars Wrigley and Ferrero
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NewsM&S boss Machin calls for EU SPS talks to be ‘sped up’
The Windsor Framework, had introducing ’a lot of cost, a lot of complexity and impacting our product range and product shelf lives’, Machin said
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Eat-Lancet convince the world to eat less red meat?
Published last week, Eat-Lancet argues failing to curb intake will exacerbate already “devastating consequences for public health and the environment”
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NewsUK unprepared for climate challenges now and for the future, Climate Change Committee warns
The CCC said the UK had not yet adapted to ’the changes in weather and climate that we are living with today, let alone those that are expected over coming decades’
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NewsLogistics bodies warn of delays from new EU border controls
The new Entry/Exit System will mean travellers have to undergo additional passport and biometric checks on entering the 29 countries within the EU’s Schengen area
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NewsNew Zealand under fire from campaigners over watered-down methane emission targets
New Zealand has cut its methane reduction target, based on the principle of ‘no additional warming’
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NewsRed Tractor slams ASA after advert banned for ‘misleading’ consumers
The farm assurance scheme’s advert, last aired in 2023, was found by the ASA to have misled consumers over its environmental standards
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NewsNestlé, Mars Wrigley and Ferrero call for EUDR delay reversal
European Commissioner Jessika Roswall announced a second one-year delay to the rollout of the EUDR a fortnight ago
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NewsMorrisons extends Aussie beef trial with relaunched range of steaks
The range, sold under Morrisons’ Limited Edish tertiary brand, consists of Australian rump, ribeye, sirloin and fillet steaks
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NewsEUDR delay set to ‘worsen problems’ at key cocoa producers
EU environment commissioner Jessika Roswall confirmed the delay of the rollout of the EUDR by a year last Tuesday
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NewsEat-Lancet calls for major reduction in meat consumption
The agrifood sector was the ’single most influential driver of planetary boundary transgression’, said the Eat-Lancet Commission
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NewsLack of clarity on SFI scheme leaving farmers ‘stranded’
Former farming minister Daniel Zeichner had promised an update on the future of the scheme by late summer, but this has not happened, leaving farmers in limbo
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NewsTech firm Expana unveils ‘world’s most comprehensive’ commodities pricing platform
Expana said the platform allowed users to ’contextualise market movements, justify price changes and stay ahead of supply disruptions’
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NewsFood businesses stockpiling in response to supply chain delays: report
Businesses are reacting to supply chain issues such as delays by building up stocks, said inventory management platform Unleashed
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NewsUK export volumes rebound, according to FDF, but more work needed to seize opportunities
Year-on-year export volumes rose by 7.2% from January to June, with produce sold to more than 200 countries
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s behind the latest delay to the EU’s flagship Deforestation Regulation?
Doubts persist over the workability of the delayed-again EUDR
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the EU’s ‘reset’ deal with the UK truly a ‘win-win’?
A new SPS agreement is designed to cut red tape and costs for exporters. It’s come too late for some, but ministers promise a ‘transformative impact’