Dairy

The UK and Welsh Governments have clarified farmers will need to have taken a hit of at least 25 per cent to their average milk price in order to access either dairy hardship fund.

After years of trial work, the major US cattle breeding organisation STgenetics has announced its world first of a feed efficiency prediction. Peter Hollinshead talks to CEO Juan Moreno.

Hundreds of acres of moorland and forestry have been engulfed by wildfires due to the recent dry weather and ’irresponsible’ behaviour of people visiting the countryside.

NFU president Minette Batters has said the battle over protecting standards in trade deals is the ‘biggest political challenge’ the union has ever faced.

Industry has voiced its concerns about the impact the sale of Arla processing plant in North Wales will have on local domestic processing capacity.  

TV chef Jamie Oliver has issued an impassioned plea to the Prime Minister not to undermine the UK’s high food production standards with cheap imports from the USA.

Meadow Foods has announced it will increase the milk price by 1ppl and 2ppl in June and July respectively.

In a bid to meet growing consumer demand for alternatives to dairy, Meadow Foods is set to open a new £4m plant-based manufacturing facility. Mollie Leach and Cedric Porter report.

Concerns about the continuing spell of dry weather are circulating the industry, with arable farmers reporting cases of patchy crop emergence and compromised yields across swathes of the UK.

Around half of Welsh farmers who applied for Glastir payments for 2019 commitments were still waiting for their money at the start of May, prompting concern about how the planned post-Brexit scheme will function.