Farm Business

Dairy farmers have teamed up to showcase support for Co-op, after it increased its premium milk price despite severe market disruption due to Covid-19.

A tenant farmer who will see 100 acres wiped off his land has highlighted the ‘unfairness’ of FBT arrangements.

’For many years, we have known that in order for the farm to survive, we had to diversify’ says Laura Lewis

Former Defra Secretary Theresa Villiers has warned against dropping all agricultural tariffs after Brexit, branding it a ’risky strategy’.

The SNP has called on the Chancellor to use the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payment structure to ensure farmers receive coronavirus support.

The Agriculture Bill returning to Parliament this week is an important step in the UK’s departure from the EU, setting out the route to a new, more tailored system of agricultural support, as well as providing the basis for U

Specialists at the Centre for Food Policy at City, University of London, are calling for the establishment of a cross-Government committee to coordinate decision-making on food during the coronavirus pandemic.

Moving the UK towards self-sufficiency in food will undermine the country’s ability to bounce back from future shocks, a University of Leeds academic has claimed.

New data from the Food Foundation has revealed UK vegetable box sales have more than doubled amid the virus pandemic.

Lambs sired by performance recorded rams were heavier than lambs than sired by non-performance recorded rams in initial results from Meat Promotion Wales (HCC)’s hill ram scheme.