Politics

Wales sees fall in new TB incidents and herd incidence dropping

Livestock

Wales sees fall in new TB incidents and herd incidence dropping

Farm groups have welcomed the ‘positive’ news that new TB incidents across Wales have dropped by 10 per cent in the 12 months to August 2020.

clock 19 November 2020 • 3 min read
Welsh vets responsible for TB testing face move to ports to deal with Brexit issues

Livestock

Welsh vets responsible for TB testing face move to ports to deal with Brexit issues

Welsh vets responsible for TB testing face being moved to ports such as Holyhead to deal with Brexit issues after January 1, presenting major concerns for animal health.

clock 19 November 2020 • 2 min read
Ewing says Scottish farmers should keep direct payments after Brexit

Arable

Ewing says Scottish farmers should keep direct payments after Brexit

Scottish farmers look set to keep some form of direct payment beyond 2024, after Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing mounted a passionate defence of income support at the virtual AgriScot conference.

clock 18 November 2020 • 2 min read
'Quite frankly a laughable response' - George Eustice suggests sheep farmers diversify into beef in a no deal scenario

Livestock

'Quite frankly a laughable response' - George Eustice suggests sheep farmers diversify into beef in a no deal scenario

The Environment Secretary also said Arla could relocate the manufacturing of Lurpak to the UK

clock 16 November 2020 • 8 min read
Food system change will make some farmers 'quite large losers'

Farm Business

Food system change will make some farmers 'quite large losers'

A Financial Times Global Food Systems Summit heard how changes to agricultural policy will disrupt the status quo and an MP admitted she was wrong to call for a meat tax to curb red meat consumption. Abi Kay reports.

clock 14 November 2020 • 2 min read
This majority-Tory Parliament cannot be trusted to protect standards in trade deals

Arable

This majority-Tory Parliament cannot be trusted to protect standards in trade deals

Ministers have finally given Parliament more power to scrutinise trade deals, but the Parliament which will be scrutinising is the same Tory-majority one which has voted time and again not to protect our standards. I am not popping the champagne cork just yet, says Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron.

clock 13 November 2020 • 3 min read
If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need fair trade deals

Arable

If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need fair trade deals

If Scottish farmers are to address the climate emergency, they need guarantees that they will not be undercut by cheap, environmentally damaging imports from abroad, says John Finnie, Green MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

clock 13 November 2020 • 2 min read
Just-in-time food supply chains won't survive being thrown in at the Brexit deep end

Livestock

Just-in-time food supply chains won't survive being thrown in at the Brexit deep end

The UK is not as ready as it should be for the end of the Brexit transition, and it’s hard to see how the current lean, just-in-time meat and dairy supply chains will survive, says Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation.

clock 13 November 2020 • 5 min read
Biden presidency will not end trade wars affecting agriculture

Arable

Biden presidency will not end trade wars affecting agriculture

After one of the most tumultuous US elections in decades, Alex Black asks what what impact President Elect Joe Biden could have on US agriculture and a US/UK trade deal

clock 13 November 2020 • 4 min read
Agriculture Bill officially becomes law after receiving Royal Assent

Arable

Agriculture Bill officially becomes law after receiving Royal Assent

The Agriculture Bill has officially become law and been made an Act after receiving Royal Assent today (November 11).

clock 11 November 2020 • 2 min read