Editor’s View: Time mulling time is well spent
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly’s Meat: Our Expectations campaign is gaining traction among regulators and industry, with two of its recommendations already under active consideration. The initiative, launched in the wake of our exclusive investigation into long-standing, industrial-scale food fraud and food safety breaches at a processor which cannot be named for legal reasons, outlined four […]
Farmers Weekly meat sector clean-up campaign gains traction
Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly’s Meat: Our Expectations campaign is gaining traction among regulators and industry, with two of its recommendations already under active consideration. The initiative, launched in the wake of our exclusive investigation into long-standing, industrial-scale food fraud and food safety breaches at a processor which cannot be named for legal reasons, outlined four […]
Herefordshire farmer jailed for damaging protected River Lugg
Farmers Weekly Market failure is an issue for fruit and vegetables, with disparities between what the shopper is paying and farmgate prices, Ali Capper told a House of Lords horticultural sector committee. Ms Capper, chairwoman of British Apples and Pears who also sits on the NFU Horticulture Board, said this issue deserves attention from government. […]
Horticulture sector warns House of Lords of market failure
Farmers Weekly Market failure is an issue for fruit and vegetables, with disparities between what the shopper is paying and farmgate prices, Ali Capper told a House of Lords horticultural sector committee. Ms Capper, chairwoman of British Apples and Pears who also sits on the NFU Horticulture Board, said this issue deserves attention from government. […]
MPs criticise Natural England plans for further destocking on Dartmoor
Farmers Weekly Farmers counted 460,000 birds in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count, which was organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and sponsored by the NFU. More than 1,700 farmers and land managers took part from 3-19 February and recorded 149 species across 607,000ha. A total of 33 species from the red […]
NFU Scotland announces new chief executive
Farmers Weekly Farmers counted 460,000 birds in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count, which was organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and sponsored by the NFU. More than 1,700 farmers and land managers took part from 3-19 February and recorded 149 species across 607,000ha. A total of 33 species from the red […]
Annual bird count highlights conservation efforts by farmers
Farmers Weekly Farmers counted 460,000 birds in this year’s Big Farmland Bird Count, which was organised by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) and sponsored by the NFU. More than 1,700 farmers and land managers took part from 3-19 February and recorded 149 species across 607,000ha. A total of 33 species from the red […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 152: Prospects for farmers as milk prices reduce
Farmers Weekly This week, as dairy processors and retailers reduce farmgate and retail milk prices, we examine the prospects for British farmers. With crop nutrition programmes well under way this spring, we find out why more growers are making the switch to liquid fertiliser. On the markets, global demand for beef looks set to stay […]