Livestock

Nine in ten farmers (87 per cent) do not know what their farm’s carbon footprint is, according to research by Lloyds Bank. 

Arla farmers are set to see a 0.63ppl price cut in July after the co-operative warned it was still feeling the effects of a demand shortage caused by the coronavirus lockdown.

Waitrose has vowed never to sell any food which does not meet the UK’s high standards, branding any regression in future trade deals a ‘backwards step’.

The UK Government and devolved administrations have launched a consultation on unfair practices in the dairy sector.

The Environment Agency (EA) is considering a system of environmental permits for the dairy and beef sectors to clamp down on pollution incidents.

Australia has lowered its forecast for beef exports to China by 1.5 per cent for the 2020/21 season due to ongoing trade tensions between the two countries.

Tulip, the UK’s biggest pork processor, has announced the permanent closure of one of its manufacturing sites after 10 of its workforce tested positive for Covid-19.

Close attention to calf rearing begins from the moment of birth at West Mill Farm, Dorset. This is driving fast growth, high health, superb conception rates to sexed semen and calving at 24 months.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has told the NFU she is ‘thinking long and hard’ about establishing a Trade and Standards Commission, just two weeks after publicly rejecting the idea at Cereals.

Farm owners and managers have been urged to help shape a new education programme, which will aim to develop homegrown talent for the agricultural industry.