Farm Business

Oxfam has warned the ‘explosion’ in net zero commitments from Governments and corporations will fuel a surge in demand for land, leading to ‘mass displacement and hunger’.

British Meat Processors Association chief executive Nick Allen has urged the Government to temporarily relax visa requirements for migrant workers to give an ’injection of new workers’ to the sector.

Despite a recovery in UK food and drink exports, sales of meat and dairy products to the EU remain severely disrupted

Put in layman’s terms, an agricultural common is an area of land which has an owner, usually described as The Lord of the Manor, who doesn’t farm it but  allows another farmer to graze it if they have either bought the right to graze it when they bought his/her farm, or else pays for the right via the tenancy of the farm he/she farms.

The GMB union has called on the Government to change its approach after offering a miserly pay offer to the Environment Agency (EA).

The GMB union has called on the Government to change its approach after offering a ‘miserly’ pay offer to the Environment Agency (EA).

Processors have been urged not to pass escalating costs down the line to farmers who are already experiencing inflationary price pressures.

Tens of thousands of pigs are backing up on UK farms as processors cut slaughter numbers due to a lack of staff to butcher and process them.

The retailer has launched a range of wool mattresses following reports of farmers burying or burning wool due to low prices

The retailer has launched a range of wool mattresses following reports of farmers burying or burning wool due to low prices