Animal activists call for vegan Royal Highland Show
Farmers Weekly Mairi Gougeon will retain her position as cabinet secretary for rural affairs, land reform and islands in the Scottish government, following a cabinet reshuffle by new first minister Humza Yousaf. Mr Yousaf’s Scottish National Party leadership rival, Kate Forbes was reportedly offered the position ahead of Ms Gougeon, but declined and will return […]
Mairi Gougeon reappointed as Scots rural affairs secretary
Farmers Weekly Mairi Gougeon will retain her position as cabinet secretary for rural affairs, land reform and islands in the Scottish government, following a cabinet reshuffle by new first minister Humza Yousaf. Mr Yousaf’s Scottish National Party leadership rival, Kate Forbes was reportedly offered the position ahead of Ms Gougeon, but declined and will return […]
Coffey to look at FSA change in wake of food scandal
Farmers Weekly Mairi Gougeon will retain her position as cabinet secretary for rural affairs, land reform and islands in the Scottish government, following a cabinet reshuffle by new first minister Humza Yousaf. Mr Yousaf’s Scottish National Party leadership rival, Kate Forbes was reportedly offered the position ahead of Ms Gougeon, but declined and will return […]
Editor’s view: Meat trade duping us daily and that must end
Farmers Weekly British farmers are being ripped off by an industrial-scale country-of-origin fraud in a scandal that has engulfed almost the entire food retail sector, as well as some major food service outlets. An in-depth investigation by Farmers Weekly has revealed that up until at least the end of 2020, a food manufacturer was passing […]
Exclusive: Mass food fraud and safety scandal engulfs sector
Farmers Weekly British farmers are being ripped off by an industrial-scale country-of-origin fraud in a scandal that has engulfed almost the entire food retail sector, as well as some major food service outlets. An in-depth investigation by Farmers Weekly has revealed that up until at least the end of 2020, a food manufacturer was passing […]
Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 149: Latest CS offer, data leaks and sheep tactics
Farmers Weekly Therese Coffey appeared before MPs at an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting to answer questions on the latest policies affecting food and farming. During the session held at Westminster on Tuesday 28 March, cross-party MPs grilled the Defra secretary on a range of subjects, including food security, fairness in the supply […]
Five things Therese Coffey told hostile Efra committee meeting
Farmers Weekly Therese Coffey appeared before MPs at an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee meeting to answer questions on the latest policies affecting food and farming. During the session held at Westminster on Tuesday 28 March, cross-party MPs grilled the Defra secretary on a range of subjects, including food security, fairness in the supply […]
Opinion: Farming on ‘grease, spanners and mindless optimism’
Farmers Weekly I learned to be eco-friendly by accident, and even now I’m not completely sure I’ve got the hang of it. As a sandwich student from Harper Adams, I spent a memorable placement year working on a commercial farm in Zimbabwe. This was a big business employing hundreds of people, yet it operated with […]