France and Germany want the European Union’s agriculture budget to be maintained at its current level once Britain leaves the bloc, the French and German farm…
Month: July 2018
Farmers are this week taking to social media to champion Farm Safety Week, highlighting one thing they will do to make their farm safer and encouraging…
Global agri-food firm Cargill, which operates in 70 countries and has 155,000 employees, has reported strong growth in sales and profits in its latest full year…
The NFU raised its concerns with the Solicitor General that prosecutions of rural crime and the sentences given do not act as a suitable deterrent. In…
By Henry Brooks Smithfield Foods has completed its acquisition of Pini Group’s packaged meat companies in Poland. Now, Smithfield Poland will employ nearly 9,240 people, including…
By Henry Brooks Protestors’ opposition to the development of a chicken farm in Shropshire has been dismissed by the High Court. Shropshire Council had previously approved…
Following the publication of the Brexit white paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU, the Presidents of the four UK farming unions…
A major simplification of the way Defra regulates farming has been proposed in an interim report published today by Dame Glenys Stacey, Chair of the Farm…
With the current heatwave predicted to last, there is an increased risk of wild fires such as the ones seen in Marlow, Winter Hill and Saddleworth…
Following changes to the Red Tractor standards on poultry relating to windows and enrichment, the scheme has put together a list of FAQs for farmers in…