Dairy

A show-of-hands poll carried out at Oxford Farming Conference revealed there was not a single audience member who trusted the Government to protect food production standards in trade deals.

CHANNEL 4 and the BBC have come under fire from farm groups, who said the broadcasters have escalated media aggression towards the consumption of meat through ‘unbalanced’ reporting.

A new highly sensitive and specific blood test for bovine TB, Actiphage, has been granted permission for trial on a dairy farm on the west coast of Wales.

A focus on efficiency and acquisitions helped dairy ingredient processor Meadow Foods increase profits by 16 per cent in the year to March 31, 2019.

Genome editing is seen by many as a way of speeding up genetic progress, but what could the future hold for the technology.

Remote monitoring tools could be a solution to the problem of recruiting staff into dairy farming. Farmers Guardian takes a look at some New Zealand technolgy, which is now being aimed at the UK market.

Number 10 has already removed environmental commitments from the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which does not bode well for the protection of food standards over the coming years, says Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East.

BIDDING peaked at 2,500 in Gisburn’s last dairy sale of 2019 which attracted a record number of pedigree entries.

The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has accused ex-Defra adviser Professor Sir Ian Boyd of lying, after he claimed livestock farmers were being paid by the Government to damage the environment.