Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 147: How safe is the UK’s red meat supply chain?
Farmers Weekly This week, an exclusive – we look at the supermarket that was selling South American beef labelled as British and ask, 10 years after the horsegate scandal, just how safe is the UK’s red meat supply chain? With hill farm incomes forecast to crash this year, just how will livestock farmers survive? See […]
Opinion: Defra secretary showed contempt for farming
Farmers Weekly My first piece for Farmers Weekly, headlined “First and foremost, farming is about food”, appeared in 2016. In the immediate wake of the vote to leave the EU (and the CAP), I suggested that – even with the then-settled state of the world – perhaps we might give some thought to food production […]
This Week In Farming: Beef scandal, brake safety and litter
Farmers Weekly Hello and welcome to another edition of This Week in Farming. Here are the five biggest topics from the past seven days that you won’t want to have missed, and a reminder to keep a lookout for this week’s FW podcast. Moodunnit? If you’ve missed our exclusive story on a supermarket being investigated […]
Booths named as retailer embroiled in beef scandal
Farmers Weekly High-end northern supermarket chain Booths has been named as the supermarket selling South American and European beef as “best British”. Dubbed “the Waitrose of the North”, it has branches in Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. The retailer has confirmed that it is supporting the National Food Crime Unit […]
Livestock farmers battle snow drifts and icy blast
Farmers Weekly Livestock farmers have been working round the clock to keep their animals fed and healthy after heavy snowfalls and an icy blast battered the UK. The Met Office issued a 24-hour amber warning for snow covering an area from the south of the Peak District to the North Pennines up to 12pm on […]
Two fined £13k for Lincolnshire hare coursing under new law
Farmers Weekly Two men who travelled to Lincolnshire to carry out illegal hare coursing have been ordered to pay up to £13,000. Darren Lee, 26, and Ronnie Doherty, 21, both from the Midlands, pleaded guilty to two charges of trespass with intent to pursue hares with dogs. They are the first people in the UK […]
Editor’s view: Murky markets don’t help farmer or consumer
Farmers Weekly Murky markets. There are plenty of them in farming. Even for those in the industry it can be difficult to discern the twists and turns food takes between the farm gate and the consumer’s plate. That’s why FW deputy editor Abi Kay’s exclusive story this week on a major fraud investigation into a […]
Pacific trade deal to include ag product tariffs – NFU chief
Farmers Weekly In 2013, food safety authorities and governments across Europe were left humiliated by a continent-wide scandal which revealed that major retailers and well-known packaged food brands had been selling horsemeat in beef products. The episode forced UK ministers to commission an inquiry headed by Professor Chris Elliott, following which he made a […]