Farm Business

Just 3 per cent of growers said they have a ‘true partnership' with supermarkets

Defra says move will offer poultry producers greater flexibility while maintaining biosecurity

It follows months of negotiations between the two parties

With large tax bills, high input costs and reduced farm payments, consultants Andersons were expecting finances to come under more pressure

The proposal put forward by the Welsh Government, was opposed by FUW members due to factors such as cost, the impracticalities of attempting to pasteurise, and the welfare benefits of colostrum

Organic Farmers and Growers chief executive Roger Kerr said there was a ‘whole industry out there built around pesticides and fertilisers' which wants organic to fail, but organic is a ‘defined farming system that can deliver a ‘low carbon, nature-friendly, people-positive' food system

The prices, many of which have remained unchanged for more than a decade, could be introduced from April 2024

The application portal for SFI will be closed between December 27 2023- January 2 2024. Any draft SFI applications that are not submitted before December 31 2023 will be lost and not recoverable when the portal reopens again in the new year

The Environmental Audit Committee has expressed concerns that the Government's ambitious tree planting target for the UK was significantly off track and there was no clear path for the private sector