Farm Business

Marks and Spencer (M&S) has launched a six-week campaign to showcase the ‘fantastic efforts’ of its British suppliers during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Some welcome rainfall in the UK has continued to influence prices, but in the EU and Black Sea more is needed if yields are not to be downgraded further.

President Trump is determined to ensure US meat processing plants stay open during the coronavirus pandemic, amid reports of meat shortages and staff going off sick with Covid-19.

More than half of the British public see domestic food production as more important now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic, new research has shown.

Scottish Government’s handling of support for rural businesses has been branded ’shambolic’ by Shadow Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Rachael Hamilton.

People and businesses across the countryside are working flat out to keep the nation fed, to protect jobs, and support their communities says Rob Hindle, Director of Rural Solutions. 

A new partnership between Arla and three national food charities will provide dairy products to thousands of vulnerable families during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A major £1.2 million national consumer campaign ‘Make It’ with beef is being launched by AHDB, Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) and Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC), in a bid to address red meat turbulence within the supply chain.

Around 50 Conservative MPs have called on public sector caterers to drop their plans to reduce meat on their menus by 20 per cent.

NFU Cymru has called on the Welsh Government to redeploy rural development cash to support farming businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.